chin-up

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  1. noun The act or an instance of chinning oneself, practiced especially as a fitness exercise. Also called pull-up.

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  • That song is as good an introduction as any to Doves 'weird habit of setting lyrics mired in soul-searching melancholy to music that is euphoric - not in the surging, keep-your-chin-up style of post-Coldplay stadium rock, but in the boggle-eyed hands-in-the-air style of the dancefloor. —  Culture | guardian.co.uk
  • She and her roommates were unpacking, putting up their portable chin-up bar and making the best of a little tour-life misfire.
  • In the last few months I have lost some weight, probably around 10lbs, and when the chin-up record was broken I immediately weighed myself afterwards as a healthy 173lbs. —  Francis Shanahan[.com]
  • Well chin-up, this juicy bit of news might just lift your spirits. —  independent.com stories
  • Roosevelt had the chin-up, jaunty confidence captured in his campaign theme song, "Happy Days Are Here Again," and a smile that said, "We're going to be OK," even in the depths of the Great Depression. —  TheSunNews.com: Local
 

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