Dictionary Definition
chin
Noun
1 the protruding part of the lower jaw [syn:
mentum]
2 Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and
Bangladesh and easternmost India [syn: Kuki, Kuki-Chin] v : in
gymnastics: raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until
one's chin is level with the support bar [syn: chin up] [also:
chinning, chinned]
User Contributed Dictionary
see Chin
English
Pronunciation
- , /tʃɪn/, /tSIn/
Noun
- The bottom of a face, especially, the lower jaw or the region below the mouth.
- slang US talk.
- slang UK A falsehood.
- boxing uncountable The ability to withstand being punched in the face without being knocked out.
Translations
bottom of a face
- Arabic: (ðá’an)
- Breton: elgezh , chik
- Croatian: brada
- Czech: brada
- Dutch: kin
- Finnish: leuka
- French: menton
- Georgian: ნიკაპი
- German: Kinn
- Greek: σαγόνι , πηγούνι
- Hungarian: áll
- Icelandic: haka
- Ido: mentono
- Indonesian: dagu
- Interlingua: mento
- Italian: mento
- Japanese: 顎 (あご, ago)
- Korean: 턱 (teok)
- Kurdish: ;
- Lithuanian: smakras
- Persian: (châneh)
- Polish: podbródek , broda
- Portuguese: queixo
- Russian: подбородок (podboródok)
- Serbian: brada, podbrada, podvaljak
- Slovak: brada
- Slovene: brada
- Spanish: barbilla , mentón
- Swedish: haka
- Tagalog: baba
- Telugu: గడ్డం (gaDDaM), చుబుకం (chubukaM)
Synonyms
See also
Etymology 2
Shortening of chinchilla.Noun
- a chinchilla.
Aleut
Interjection
- an exclamation of dislike.
Japanese
Pronunciation
Derived terms
Spanish
Noun
- In the context of "Dominican Republic|slang|lang=es": small amount
- Dame un chin de café. (Give me a little coffee.)
References
Extensive Definition
In the human
anatomy, the chin is the lowermost part of the face.
It is formed by the lower front of the mandible.
See also
chin in Arabic: ذقن
chin in Aymara: K'achi
chin in Catalan: Mentó
chin in Cebuano: Menton
chin in Czech: Brada
chin in Spanish: Barbilla
chin in Esperanto: Mentono
chin in Persian: چانه
chin in French: Menton (partie du visage)
chin in Indonesian: Dagu
chin in Italian: Mento
chin in Pampanga: Baba
chin in Latin: Mentum
chin in Latvian: Zods
chin in Dutch: Kin
chin in Occitan (post 1500): Menton
(anatomia)
chin in Portuguese: Queixo
chin in Russian: Подбородок
chin in Sicilian: Varvarottu
chin in Simple English: Chin
chin in Swedish: Haka
chin in Tagalog: Baba
chin in Yiddish: גאמבע
chin in Chinese: 頷
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
bandy words, bat the breeze, beat the gums,
button, causerie, chat, chew the fat, chew the rag,
colloque, colloquize, commerce with,
commune with, communicate, communicate
with, confab, confabulate, converse, converse with,
discourse with, jaw,
mentum, prose, rap, shoot the breeze, speak with,
spiel, take counsel with,
talk, talk together,
visit, visit with,
yak, yakkety-yak, yap, yarn