as in to chat
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
the kind of work environment in which staffers can knock off early on Friday and chin with the boss
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Recent Examples of chin
Set alerts to remind yourself to stand up straight: shoulders back, chin up, core braced.
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Hilary Tetenbaum, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
Zaoui is stout and broad chinned, with thick eyebrows and a sweep of dark hair.
—Longreads, 5 Mar. 2024
Álvarez is compact and chiseled, and carries himself, chin up, like a boxer entering the ring.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
Then laughs from the back of the room while Paul sat with his hat on backward, chin up and a slight smirk.
—Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2023
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Hilary Tetenbaum, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
Zaoui is stout and broad chinned, with thick eyebrows and a sweep of dark hair.
—Longreads, 5 Mar. 2024
Álvarez is compact and chiseled, and carries himself, chin up, like a boxer entering the ring.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
Then laughs from the back of the room while Paul sat with his hat on backward, chin up and a slight smirk.
—Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chin
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So far, he’s been spotted draped in a full-length, white fluffy coat and fire engine-red hat and gloves, watching the women’s downhill race, and casually chatting with onlookers at the curling mixed doubles, adorned in a zip-jacket emblazoned with Team USA players’ faces.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Our winter season continues with Adina Hoffman (recipient of a 2013 Windham-Campbell Prize for Nonfiction) chatting with Michael Kelleher about Georges Perec’s magical and mercurial and maddening An Attempt at Exhausting a Place in Paris, translated by Marc Lowenthal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Feb. 2026
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Embiid grabbed nine rebounds, made four 3-pointers and was 11 of 13 on free throws, all while jawing for much of the game with Suns forward Dillon Brooks.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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But Woolen jawed at the Rams bench while backpedaling with his hands behind his back after the play.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Reading a book — yes, a real book with pages, gotten from a library or a store, not a Kindle; conversing, face-to-face, with a friend; taking a walk in a park or in the country?—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Feb. 2026
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No wonder people have lost the ability to converse!—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Kenton County Commonwealth's Attorney Rob Sanders said at trial that the custody exchange on the day of the shooting was a ruse for Payne to talk his way back into Lane's life.—
Quinlan Bentley,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Feb. 2026
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Keith Law is doing a live chat today to talk MLB prospects.—
Chris Branch,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Chin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chin. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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