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chimp |
chimpanzee |
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chin
| chin cough
| chin music
| chin rest
| chin strap
| chin up
chin
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun chin has 2 senses
- chin(n = noun.body) mentum - the protruding part of the lower jaw; Array has parts: goatee
- chin(n = noun.communication) kuki, kuki-chin - Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India; Array is a kind of kamarupan
has particulars: buccula, double chin
is a part of face, human face
is a kind of feature, lineament
Verb chin has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
chin, n. [AS. cin, akin to OS. kin, G kinn, Icel. kinn, cheek, Dan. & Sw. kind, L. gena, Gr. ; cf. Skr. hanu. √232.].
- The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw. [1913 Webster]
- The exterior or under surface embraced between the branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
chin, n. the front of the lower jaw.
Idiom
chin-strap a strap for fastening a hat etc. under the chin. chin up colloq. cheer up. chin-wag sl. n. a talk or chat.
--v.intr. (-wagged, -wagging) have a gossip. keep one's chin up colloq. remain cheerful, esp. in adversity. take on the chin
1 suffer a severe blow from (a misfortune etc.).
2 endure courageously.
--v.intr. (-wagged, -wagging) have a gossip. keep one's chin up colloq. remain cheerful, esp. in adversity. take on the chin
1 suffer a severe blow from (a misfortune etc.).
2 endure courageously.
Derivative
-chinned adj. (in comb.).
Etymology
OE cin(n) f. Gmc
THESAURUS
chin
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
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