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chinless

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Chin  (jn)
See Jin.

chin  (chn)
n.
The central forward portion of the lower jaw.
v. chinned, chin·ning, chins
v.tr.
1. To pull (oneself) up with the arms while grasping an overhead horizontal bar until the chin is level with the bar.
2. Music To place (a violin) under the chin in preparation to play it.
v.intr.
1. To chin oneself.
2. Informal To make idle conversation; chatter.

[Middle English, from Old English cin; see genu-2 in Indo-European roots.]

chinless adj.

chinless [ˈtʃɪnlɪs]
adj
1. having a receding chin
2. weak or ineffectual
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.chinless - having a receding chin
opisthognathous - having receding jaws
Translations
chinless [ˈtʃɪnlɪs] ADJ (fig) (= spineless) → apocado


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You can scarce imagine how nauseatingly inhuman they looked--those pale, chinless faces and great, lidless, pinkish-grey eyes
They had fat, heavy, chinless faces, retreating foreheads, and a scant bristly hair upon their heads.
The thing was chinless, and its small, foreheadless head surrounded its colossal body like a cannon ball on a hill top.
 
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