chin
noun
the lower extremity of the face, below the mouth.
were chinning
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past progressiveof chin.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Wish I knew what they were chinning about—they’re so mightily in earnest.
From The Valiants of Virginia by Hallie Erminie Rives
Phil pulled himself up as if he were chinning the bar, though in this case he chinned it only once.
From The Circus Boys on the Mississippi : or, Afloat with the Big Show on the Big River by Edgar B. P. Darlington
