chin up

1. 1.

   raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar

   Synonymschin

   Broaderraise

   gymnastics

Questions about chin up

What does chin up mean?

chin up means "raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar".

What is another word for chin up?

Close synonyms include chin. 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.

Is chin up a common word?

chin up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.