Definition: 1. The part of the face below the mouth and above the neck. 2. The protruding part of the lower jaw. 3. In gymnastics: raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar.
Use 'chin' in a sentence:
1. He rubbed the gray stubble on his chin.
2. Gwen jutted her chin forward and did not answer the teacher.
3. She tilted her face to kiss me quickly on the chin.
4. He rested his chin in his hands.
5. It is held there by straps which go over the horse's head , under his neck , round his nose and under his chin.
6. There he stood: hair in wild tangles, dark stubble shadowing his chin.
7. She landed a punch on his chin.
8. She was up to her chin in salt water.
9. Martin rubbed his chin meditatively.
10. He cupped her chin in the palm of his hand.
11. John yawned and scratched his chin.
12. She fell to reflecting again, and in looking downwards, a thorn of the rose remaining in her breast accidentally pricked her chin.
13. She curled up in a tight ball, with her knees tucked up at her chin.
14. His chin rested on his hands.
15. He had clear blue eyes and a jutting chin.
16. He had a small tuft of hair on his chin.
17. Jill crossed her legs and rested her chin on one fist, as if lost in deep thought.
18. His shirts were always ragged, which caused him to button his coat to the chin.
19. She jutted her chin out stubbornly.
20. The Duchess asked, with another dig of her sharp little chin.
21. He pulled up a chair behind her and put his chin on her shoulder.
22. I punched him on the chin, sending him reeling backwards.
23. When the police arrived he took it on the chin and apologised for the trouble he'd caused them.
24. Blood from his cut lip trickled over his chin.
25. "Th' last time I was here," rubbing his chin and looking round, "was about two year' ago."
26. He had long unkempt hair and a stubbly chin.
27. Gobs of spittle ran down his chin.
28. After making the mouth, he made the chin, then the neck, the shoulders, the stomach, the arms, and the hands.
29. Gwen jutted her chin forward, her nose in the air, and did not bother to answer the teacher.
30. His head nodded, and little by little his chin descended and touched the enemy, who seized it.
31. The woman can hold objects but uses a stump in conjunction with her chin to do so instead of a hand.
32. The flat cut on the antelope's chin shows that its tongue was cut by a very sharp flake.
33. She was a plain-looking woman with a weak chin.
34. She rubbed her chin thoughtfully.
35. There was a smear of gravy on his chin.
36. In the building, the wild child hurt his mild chin by china.
37. Joyce sits with her fingers interlocked under her chin.
38. Nicotine marks stained his chin and fingers.
39. She had a strongly defined chin, a high forehead, and light grey eyes.
40. She caught him a blow on the chin.
41. She is very old now, with little, round, wire-rimmed glasses and whiskers sprouting from her chin.
42. Frank rasped a hand across his chin.
43. Liz sank down until the water came up to her chin and the bubbles were at eye level.
44. Massage will help to tone up loose skin under the chin.
45. With a rising tide the water was lapping at his chin before rescuers arrived.
46. After punching him on the chin she wound up hitting him over the head.
47. Stretch the top of your head toward the ceiling, and tuck your chin in slightly.