[syn: chin, chin up]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chin \Chin\ (ch[i^]n), n. [AS. cin, akin to OS. kin, G kinn,
Icel. kinn, cheek, Dan. & Sw. kind, L. gena, Gr. ?; cf.
Skr. hanu. [root]232.]
1. The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point
of the under jaw.
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2. (Zool.) The exterior or under surface embraced between the
branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
chin
n 1: the protruding part of the lower jaw [syn: chin,
mentum]
2: Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh
and easternmost India [syn: Kuki, Chin, Kuki-Chin]
v 1: raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's
chin is level with the support bar [syn: chin, chin up]