chin

Speech parts

1. chin - Noun

2. chin - Verb

3. Chin - Proper noun

Meaning

The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw.

The exterior or under surface embraced between the branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mentum jawbone gab mandible jaw Kuki yap jabber patter point gas natter mandibular babble visit
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Antonyms

belt up say nothing shut one's face bite one's lip stick a sock in it long story short
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Hypernyms

feature raise lift elevate lineament bring up

Hyponyms

double chin buccula

Phrases with the word

chin-up take it on the chin up to the chin keep one's chin up keep your chin up chin area

Derivatives

chinned Chinning

Anagrams

inch

Examples

Ho, pretty page, with the dimpled chin That never has known the barbers shear, All your wish is woman to win, This is the way that boys begin. Wait till you come to Forty Year. William Makepeace Thackeray

The unique thing about Margaret Rutherford is that she can act with her chin alone. Among its many moods I especially cherish the chin commanding, the chin in doubt, and the chin at bay. Kenneth Tynan

A person who has good thoughts cannot ever be ugly. You can have a wonky nose and a crooked mouth and a double chin and stick-out teeth, but if you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely. Roald Dahl

The barber learns his trade on the orphan's chin. Arabic Proverb

Keep your chin up. Chinese Proverb

He may swim boldly who is held up by the chin. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

chimurenga Chimwiini ChiMwini chin area chin augmentation chin bar