chin-up

1. 1.

   an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar

   Synonymspull-up

   Broaderarm exercise

Questions about chin-up

What does chin-up mean?

chin-up means "an arm exercise performed by pulling yourself up on a horizontal bar until your chin is level with the bar".

How many syllables are in chin-up?

chin-up has 2 syllables and divides as chi-n-up under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for chin-up?

Close synonyms include pull-up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.