chin-up bar

  • 1Chin-up bar — Chin up bars are playground equipment that were once ubiquitous on children s playgrounds. They are still important in the adult equivalent of a playground, the Par course. A chin up bar is simply a smooth horizontal metal bar, often a pipe, held …

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  • 2Chin-up — A standard chin up, palms facing chest, using open grip The chin up (also known as a chin/chinup) is a strength training exercise. The verb chinning means to do them. People frequently do this exercise with the intention of strengthening muscles… …

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  • 3chin — [chin] n. [ME < OE cin < IE base * ĝenu , chin, jawbone > Goth kinnus, cheek, L gena, cheek, Gr genys, chin] the part of the face below the lower lip; projecting part of the lower jaw vt. chinned, chinning Gym. to pull (oneself) up,… …

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  • 4Chin Up Chin Up — Left to right: Jeremy Bolen, Nathan Snydacker, Chris Dye, Greg Sharp Background information Origin Chicago, Illinois, USA …

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  • 5chin-up — n. an arm exercise performed by pulling oneself up on a horizontal bar until the chin is level with or above the bar. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 6chin-up — also chin|up [ˈtʃınʌp] n AmE an exercise in which you hang on a bar and pull yourself up until your chin is above the bar British Equivalent: pull up …

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  • 7chin'-up — noun A physical exercise in which the arms are used to lift the chin over a bar suspended above head height • • • Main Entry: ↑chin …

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  • 8chin-up — /chin up /, n. an act or instance of chinning a horizontal bar, rod, or the like. [1880 85] * * * …

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  • 9chin-up — chin′ up n. spo an act or instance of chinning a horizontal bar or the like • Etymology: 1880–85 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 10chin-up — noun an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑pull up • Derivationally related forms: ↑chin up, ↑pull up (for: ↑pull up) …

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