chin

noun8

1. •
   the bottom part of the face, which sticks out a little below the lips

   • What does it mean to have a pointy chin instead of a flat chin?
2. •
   The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.
3. •
   The lower part of the front of an aircraft, below the nose.

   • To paint chins of aircraft
4. •
   The bottom part of a mobile phone, below the screen.

   • The phone's chin looks different from the rest of it.
5. •
   (US, slang) Talk.
6. •
   (informal) A chinchilla.
7. •
   (UK, slang) A lie, a falsehood.
8. •
   (UK, slang) A person of the upper class.

verb8

1. •
   [with oneself] To perform a chin-up (exercise in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar).

   • The Englishmen had also been lifting weights and chinning themselves for years. Their bellies were like washboards. The muscles of their calves and upper arms were like cannonballs. — 1969
2. •
   (UK) To punch or hit (someone), especially on the chin (part of the body).

   • ‘I’m in trouble, I hit a policeman—chinned him. He was messin’ me about, pushin’ me around on the pavement, so I chinned him, didn’t I? […]’ — 1966
3. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) To talk.

   • “I reckon you can explain, Mrs. Peabody.” […] “An’ I reckon that newcomer you’ve been chinning with could explain if he had a mind to.” — 1912
4. •
   (slang, old-fashioned) To talk to or with (someone).

   • “Been up chinning your sporting editor, Ragsy Hurd. […]” — 1911
5. •
   To indicate or point toward (someone or something) with one's chin.

   • But you don’t love him, said Madame Sonia with understanding. Do you love this one? Madame Sonia chinned the American. — 2004
6. •
   To put or hold (a musical instrument) up to one's chin.

   • Conspicuous in the front rank of “the music” was Joe Lippett, chinning his fife […] — 1849
7. •
   To put one's chin on (something).

   • […] she elbowed the table and chinned her hand. — 1977
8. •
   To turn on or operate (a device) using one's chin; to select (a particular setting) using one's chin.

   • I was too tired to argue; I chinned the valve three or four times, felt a blast blistering my face. — 1958

noun2

1. •
   [plural only] A tribe in Myanmar.

   • Oral tradition and archaeological evidence suggest the Chin were the earliest Tibeto-Burman group to come to the Chindwin Valley, a settlement process starting as early as the 4ᵗʰ century. — 2021
2. •
   A state of Myanmar.