[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


Phrases:

Origin:
from Burmese, ‘hill man’

[tʃɪn], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- relating to the Chin or their language


Phrases:

Origin:
from Burmese, ‘hill man’

[tʃɪn], (Noun)

Definitions:


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[tʃɪn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- 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:
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

Origin:
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’