"chinny" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪni/ Audio: En-au-chinny.ogg Forms: chinnier [comparative], chinniest [superlative]
Etymology: From chin + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|chin|y|id2=adjectival}} chin + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} chinny (comparative chinnier, superlative chinniest)
  1. Having a prominent chin.
    Sense id: en-chinny-en-adj-xsslsaVT
  2. (boxing) Having a sensitive chin. Categories (topical): Boxing
    Sense id: en-chinny-en-adj-OW6n5kFj Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war
  3. (colloquial) Given to talk, talkative. Tags: colloquial Categories (lifeform): Caviomorphs
    Sense id: en-chinny-en-adj-qTEuRAXC Disambiguation of Caviomorphs: 1 6 54 20 2 4 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 11 37 27 3 1 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 5 10 49 29 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive): 4 9 42 25 5 2 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 7 43 26 3 1 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 8 47 24 2 1 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chinny chin chin
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪni/ Audio: En-au-chinny.ogg Forms: chinnies [plural]
Etymology: From chin + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|chin|y|id2=adjectival}} chin + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} chinny (plural chinnies)
  1. An exercise performed by lying flat and then bringing the knees toward the chest while simultaneously raising the chest to meet the knees.
    Sense id: en-chinny-en-noun-P1Oc1jc4
  2. (slang) An opaque white chalk marble with colored stripes. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-chinny-en-noun-N1-asJ45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪni/ Audio: En-au-chinny.ogg Forms: chinnies [plural]
Etymology: From chinchilla + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|chinchilla|y|id2=diminutive}} chinchilla + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} chinny (plural chinnies)
  1. (informal) A chinchilla. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-chinny-en-noun-nSzJ7qF-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃɪni/ Audio: En-au-chinny.ogg Forms: chinnies [plural]
Etymology: From New Latin chinensis + -y. Etymology templates: {{der|en|NL.|chinensis}} New Latin chinensis, {{suf|en||y|id2=diminutive}} + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} chinny (plural chinnies)
  1. A Chinese pink (Dianthus chinensis). Related terms: chinny reckon
    Sense id: en-chinny-en-noun-WfK8DXN3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (ee63ee9 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.