Meaning and Origin
What does the name Chin mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
- The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw.
- [Zoöl] The exterior or under surface embraced between the branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds.
Etymology: AS. cin, akin to OS. kin, G kinn, Icel. kinn, cheek, Dan. & Sw. kind, L. gena, Gr. �; cf. Skr. hanu. √232
- The protruding part of the lower jaw
- Kamarupan languages spoken in western Burma and Bangladesh and easternmost India
- Raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar
From Middle English chyn, from Old English cin or ċinn (“chin”), 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 and Welsh gen, Latin gena, Tocharian A śanwem, Ancient Greek γένυς (génus) 'jaw', Armenian ծնոտ (cnot), Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit हनु (hánu).
- The bottom of a face, (specifically) the typically jutting jawline below the mouth.
- (slang, US) Talk.
- (slang, Britain) A lie, a falsehood.
- (boxing, uncountable) The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.
Shortening of chinchilla.
- (affectionate) a chinchilla.
chin was also found in the following language(s): Aromanian, Franco-Provençal, Japanese, Navajo, Romanian, and Spanish