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All 4 letters words made out of chin

chin hcin cihn ichn hicn ihcn chni hcni cnhi nchi hnci nhci cinh icnh cnih ncih inch nich hinc ihnc hnic nhic inhc nihc

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Definitions and meaning of chin

chin

Pronunciation

• enPR: chĭn, IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪn/
• Rhymes: -ɪn

Etymology 1

From Middle English chyn, from Old English ċinn (“chin”), from Proto-Germanic *kinnuz (“chin”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“chin, jaw”). Compare West Frisian/Dutch kin, Low German/German Kinn, Danish kind, Icelandic kinn, Welsh gen, Latin gena, Tocharian A śanwem, Ancient Greek γένυς (génus, “jaw”), Armenian ծնոտ (cnot), Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit हनु (hánu). Doublet of gena.

Noun

chin (plural chins)

1. The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
2. (slang, US) Talk.
3. (slang, British) A lie, a falsehood.
4. (slang, British) A person of the upper class.
5. (boxing, uncountable) The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.
6. (aviation) The lower part of the front of an aircraft, below the nose.
7. The bottom part of a mobile phone, below the screen.

Synonyms

• (central area of the jaw, below the mouth): mentum (anatomy)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "boxing"): See glass jaw

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

chin (third-person singular simple present chins, present participle chinning, simple past and past participle chinned)

1. (slang, dated, intransitive) To talk.
2. (slang, dated, transitive) To talk to or with (someone).
3. (reflexive, intransitive) To perform a chin-up (exercise in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar).
4. (chiefly UK, transitive) To punch or hit (someone)'s chin (part of the body).
5. (transitive) To put or hold (a musical instrument) up to one's chin.
6. (transitive) To turn on or operate (a device) using one's chin; to select (a particular setting) using one's chin.
7. (transitive) To put one's chin on (something).
8. (transitive) To indicate or point toward (someone or something) with one's chin.

Synonyms

• (talk (slang)): gab

Derived terms

• chinning bar

Etymology 2

Shortening of chinchilla.

Noun

chin (plural chins)

1. (informal) A chinchilla.

See also

Anagrams

• HNIC, Inch, ichn-, inch

Aragonese

Etymology

Akin to French chien, from Latin canis.

Noun

chin

1. dog

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• chinu, kinu

Etymology

From Latin pīnus. Compare Romanian pin.

Noun

chin

1. pine

See also

• brad

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin canem, accusative singular of canis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtsĩ/

Noun

chin m (plural chins)

1. dog

Coordinate terms

• china

References

Hokkien

Japanese

Romanization

chin

1. Rōmaji transcription of ちん
2. Rōmaji transcription of チン

Kumeyaay

Pronunciation

Adjective

chin

1. one.

Middle English

Noun

chin

1. Alternative form of chyn

Navajo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʃʰɪ̀n]

Noun

chin

1. grime, filth, body dirt

Synonyms

• ih

Romanian

Alternative forms

• кин (chin) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian kín.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kin/

Noun

chin n (plural chinuri)

1. torture, pain

   Synonym: durere

Declension

Derived terms

• chinui

References

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin cum (“with”), from Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”). The shift -u- → -i- is probably due to analogy with in.
Compare Logudorese and Campidanese cun, Italian con, Portuguese com, Spanish con, Romanian cu, Sicilian cu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kin/
• IPA^(key): [kind] (often before vowels)

Preposition

chin

1. (Nuorese) with

Derived terms

• chin d'

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Spanish

Etymology

Perhaps of African origin; compare Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀ntʊ̀ (“little thing, small object”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃin/ [ˈt͡ʃĩn]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: chin

Noun

chin m (plural chines)

1. (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) small amount

   Synonym: poco

References

• Orlando Alba (2003) Cómo hablamos los dominicanos‎^[19], Santo Domingo: Amigo del Hogar

Further reading

• “chin”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tày

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [cin˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [cin˦]

Verb

chin (𩚍)

1. to eat

   Synonym: kin

References

• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[20] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
• Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[21][22] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

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