chinnoun [ C ]
uk/tʃɪn/us/tʃɪn/B1 the part of a person's face below their mouth:
To keep the helmet in position, fasten the strap beneath the chin.
She sat behind the table, her chin resting in her hands.
More examples
- There was dribble all over her chin.
- Graham came back from holiday with a week's growth of beard on his chin.
- She was sitting at the desk with her chin propped on her hands.
- With the back of his hand, he rubbed the stubble on his chin.
- A trickle of melted butter made its way down his chin.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The head & face
- -cheeked
- -chinned
- -faced
- countenance
- dimple
- facial
- facies
- frontalis
- hairline
- mandible
- mug
- nape
- neck
- nose
- nucha
- nuchal
- pes anserinus
- splenius
- temple
- temporal
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Idiom(s)
chin up!
take it on the chin