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chinning
We have found lemma(root) word of chinning : chin.
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[tʃɪn], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a member of a people of south-western Burma (Myanmar) and neighbouring parts of India and Bangladesh
- the Tibeto-Burman language of the Chin
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from Burmese, ‘hill man’
[tʃɪn], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- relating to the Chin or their language
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from Burmese, ‘hill man’
[tʃɪn], (Noun)
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[tʃɪn], (Noun)
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- the protruding part of the face below the mouth, formed by the apex of the lower jaw
(e.g: grey stubble covered his cheeks and chin)
Phrases:
- keep one's chin up
- take it on the chin
Origin
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Old English cin, cinn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin gena ‘cheek’ and Greek genus ‘jaw’
[tʃɪn], (Verb)
Definitions:
- hit or punch (someone) on the chin
(e.g: he looked about ready to chin someone)
- draw one's body up so that one's chin is level with or above (a horizontal bar) with one's feet off the ground, as an exercise
(e.g: each boy must chin a bar four times)
Phrases:
- keep one's chin up
- take it on the chin
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Old English cin, cinn, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin gena ‘cheek’ and Greek genus ‘jaw’
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