English: chin

English verb 'chin' conjugated

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to chin
Participle: chinned
Gerund: chinning

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Ichin
youchin
he;she;itchins
wechin
youchin
theychin

Perfect

Ihave chinned
youhave chinned
he;she;ithas chinned
wehave chinned
youhave chinned
theyhave chinned

Past

Ichinned
youchinned
he;she;itchinned
wechinned
youchinned
theychinned

Pluperfect

Ihad chinned
youhad chinned
he;she;ithad chinned
wehad chinned
youhad chinned
theyhad chinned

Future

Iwill chin
youwill chin
he;she;itwill chin
wewill chin
youwill chin
theywill chin

Future Perfect

Iwill have chinned
youwill have chinned
he;she;itwill have chinned
wewill have chinned
youwill have chinned
theywill have chinned

Subjunctive

Present

Ichin
youchin
he;she;itchin
wechin
youchin
theychin

Perfect

Ihave chinned
youhave chinned
he;she;ithave chinned
wehave chinned
youhave chinned
theyhave chinned

Imperfect

Ichinned
youchinned
he;she;itchinned
wechinned
youchinned
theychinned

Pluperfect

Ihad chinned
youhad chinned
he;she;ithad chinned
wehad chinned
youhad chinned
theyhad chinned

Conditional

Present

Iwould chin
youwould chin
he;she;itwould chin
wewould chin
youwould chin
theywould chin

Perfect

Iwould have chinned
youwould have chinned
he;she;itwould have chinned
wewould have chinned
youwould have chinned
theywould have chinned

Imperative

youchin
weLet's chin
youchin

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam chinning
youare chinning
he;she;itis chinning
weare chinning
youare chinning
theyare chinning

Perfect

Ihave been chinning
youhave been chinning
he;she;ithas been chinning
wehave been chinning
youhave been chinning
theyhave been chinning

Past

Iwas chinning
youwere chinning
he;she;itwas chinning
wewere chinning
youwere chinning
theywere chinning

Pluperfect

Ihad been chinning
youhad been chinning
he;she;ithad been chinning
wehad been chinning
youhad been chinning
theyhad been chinning

Future

Iwill be chinning
youwill be chinning
he;she;itwill be chinning
wewill be chinning
youwill be chinning
theywill be chinning

Future Perfect

Iwill have been chinning
youwill have been chinning
he;she;itwill have been chinning
wewill have been chinning
youwill have been chinning
theywill have been chinning

Conditional

Present

Iwould be chinning
youwould be chinning
he;she;itwould be chinning
wewould be chinning
youwould be chinning
theywould be chinning

Perfect

Iwould have been chinning
youwould have been chinning
he;she;itwould have been chinning
wewould have been chinning
youwould have been chinning
theywould have been chinning

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'chin'

abet, abhor, abut, acquit, admit, affrap, allot, alum, amel, amit, anagram, anvil, apparel, aret, arret, assot, astun, attrap, augur, avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'chin'

chain, chib, chig, chine, ching, chink, chip, chit, chiv, coin,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

From Middle English chyn, from Old English 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, Welsh gen, Latin gena, Tocharian A śanwem, Ancient Greek γένυς (génus, “jaw”), Armenian ծնոտ (cnot), Persian چانه (čâne), Sanskrit हनु (hánu). Doublet of gena.

Sample Sentences

  • “I reckon you can explain, Mrs. Peabody.” […] “An’ I reckon that newcomer you’ve been chinning with could explain if he had a mind to.” [1912, Jack London, chapter 5, in Smoke Bellew, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 141:]
  • This little chore involved getting up at 3 A.M., working about two hours, then sitting around chinning and drinking coffee with the radio operators until too late to go back to sleep. [1944, Ernie Pyle, chapter 1, in Brave Men, New York: Henry Holt, page 3:]
  • “Been up chinning your sporting editor, Ragsy Hurd. […]” [1911, Henry Sydnor Harrison, chapter 7, in Queed, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 85:]
  • “What do you suppose that Seagreave’s chinning Hughie about[?]” [1912, Nancy Mann Waddel Woodrow, chapter 12, in The Black Pearl, New York: Appleton, page 239:]
  • It is worth noting that on the eighth day he was strong enough to “chin” himself six times in succession, though previous to the fasting treatment he had never in his life been able to do this more than once or twice. [1913, Upton Sinclair, The Fasting Cure, New York: Mitchell Kennerley, page 34:]
  • A description of the cour would be incomplete without an enumeration of the manifold duties of the planton in charge, which were as follows: to prevent the men from using the horizontal bar, except for chinning, since if you swung yourself upon it you could look over the wall into the women’s cour […] [1922, E. E. Cummings, chapter 4, in The Enormous Room, New York: Modern Library, published 1949, page 80:]
  • The Englishmen had also been lifting weights and chinning themselves for years. Their bellies were like washboards. The muscles of their calves and upper arms were like cannonballs. [1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 5, in Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, published 2005, page 119:]
  • You can grunt and curse to your heart’s content but you cannot swing your body when chinning. [1986, Martin Cohen, The Marine Corps 3X Fitness Program, Boston: Little, Brown, Part 3, p. 75:]
  • He told me once that he used to be scared to death every time he started in a hard game for fear he’d get badly injured. Said it wasn’t until someone had jabbed him in the nose or ‘chinned’ him that he forgot to be scared. [1915, Ralph Henry Barbour, chapter 14, in Left Tackle Thayer, New York: Dodd, Mead, pages 183–184:]
  • ‘I’m in trouble, I hit a policeman—chinned him. He was messin’ me about, pushin’ me around on the pavement, so I chinned him, didn’t I? […]’ [1966, Nell Dunn, “OUT with the Boys”, in Up the Junction, Philadelphia: Lippincott, page 88:]
  • Conspicuous in the front rank of “the music” was Joe Lippett, chinning his fife […] [1849 September, Alfred Billings Street, “General Training”, in Graham’s American Monthly Magazine of Literature and Art, volume 35, number 3, page 137:]
  • A comical fellow hopped down from a stump and chinned his fiddle while Prince Chang stared. [1925, Arthur Bowie Chrisman, “Four Generals”, in Shen of the Sea: Chinese Stories for Children, New York: E.P. Dutton, published 1968, page 82:]
  • Jimmy sat down at the piano, and the scientist tuned, then chinned the violin. [1951, Gene Fowler, chapter 16, in Schnozzola: The Story of Jimmy Durante, New York: Viking, page 173:]
  • I was too tired to argue; I chinned the valve three or four times, felt a blast blistering my face. [1958, Robert Heinlein, chapter 8, in Have Space Suit—Will Travel, New York: Del Rey, page 160:]
  • I landed kind of sloppily on hands and knees and chinned the squad frequency. “First squad sound off!” [1985, Joe Haldeman, “You Can Never Go Back”, in Dealing in Futures, New York: Viking, page 154:]
  • […] she elbowed the table and chinned her hand. [1977, Ian Wallace, chapter 26, in The Sign of the Mute Medusa, New York: Popular Library, page 243:]
  • He chinned the alley fence and looked both ways along it. [1994, Garry Disher, chapter 7, in Crosskill, St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, page 35:]
  • But you don’t love him, said Madame Sonia with understanding. Do you love this one? Madame Sonia chinned the American. [2004, Han Ong, The Disinherited, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Part 4, Chapter 4, p. 239:]

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