/ tʃɪn; NAmE / noun
the part of the face below the mouth and above the neck
—picture at face
—see also double chin
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IDIOMS
- (keep your) chin up
- take sth on the chin
—more at chuck verb
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WORD 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.