CHIN (chinned, chinning)
Dictionary entry overview: What does Chin mean?
• CHIN (noun)
The noun CHIN has 2 senses:
1. the protruding part of the lower jaw
2. Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India
Familiarity information: CHIN used as a noun is rare.
• CHIN (verb)
The verb CHIN has 1 sense:
1. raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar
Familiarity information: CHIN used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CHIN (noun)
Meaning:
The protruding part of the lower jaw
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
chin; mentum
Hypernyms ("chin" is a kind of...):
feature; lineament (the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin)
Meronyms (parts of "chin"):
goatee (a small chin beard trimmed to a point; named for its resemblance to a goat's beard)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chin"):
buccula; double chin (a fold of fatty tissue under the chin)
Holonyms ("chin" is a part of...):
face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)
Meaning:
Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Kuki; Kuki-Chin; Chin
Hypernyms ("Chin" is a kind of...):
Kamarupan (the Tibeto-Burman language spoken in northeastern India and adjacent regions of western Burma)
• CHIN (verb)
Meaning:
Raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
chin; chin up
Hypernyms (to "chin" is one way to...):
bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Domain category:
gymanstic exercise; gymnastics (a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
