noun

• (slang, US) Talk.
• (slang, British) A lie, a falsehood.
• (slang, British) A person of the upper class.
• (boxing, uncountable) The ability to withstand being punched in the chin without being knocked out.

verb

• (slang, dated, intransitive) To talk.
  "“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.”"
• (slang, dated, transitive) To talk to or with (someone).
  "“Been up chinning your sporting editor, Ragsy Hurd. […]”"
• (reflexive, intransitive) To perform a chin-up (exercise in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar).
  "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."
• (chiefly UK, transitive) To punch or hit (someone), especially on the chin (part of the body).
  "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."

noun

• (informal) A chinchilla.

name

• (obsolete) Alternative form of China.