chin

Meanings

Plural: chins

Noun

the protruding part of the lower jaw
Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India
The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
Talk.
A lie, a falsehood.
A person of the upper class.
The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.
The lower part of the front of an aircraft, below the nose.
The bottom part of a mobile phone, below the screen.
A chinchilla.

Verb

raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar
To talk.
To talk to or with (someone).
To perform a chin-up (exercise in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar).
To punch or hit (someone), especially on the chin (part of the body).
To put or hold (a musical instrument) up to one's chin.
To turn on or operate (a device) using one's chin; to select (a particular setting) using one's chin.
To put one's chin on (something).
To indicate or point toward (someone or something) with one's chin.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English chyn, from Old English ċinn (“chin”), from Proto-West Germanic *kinnu, 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 śanweṃ, Ancient Greek γένυς (génus, “jaw”), Armenian ծնոտ (cnot), Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit हनु (hánu). Doublet of gena.

Synonyms

chin up, gab, Kuki, Kuki-Chin, mentum

Antonyms

glass chin, glass jaw

Scrabble Score: 9

chin is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
chin is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
chin is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

chin is a valid Words With Friends word