Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Persistent chatter or talk.
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Examples
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He never lets up -- keeps his chin-music goin 'right along when he's asleep, only worse.
CHAPTER XV 2010
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But now I realize that that wasn't the point, we have to serve misinformation scathing "chin-music" whenever we are encountered with it.
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Then the 102mph chin-music.... and the John Kruk jelly-knees... and a reorientation of priorities.
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Blood is blood, and nature's nature, and passion's passion, and gew-gaws don't count -- no, nor polite chin-music either.
Colorado Jim George Goodchild
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A little chin-music from your oncle 'Arry shall finish it!
Short Stories of Various Types Various
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He never lets up -- keeps his chin-music goin 'right along when he's asleep, only worse.
Chapter 15 1914
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He never lets up -- keeps his chin-music goin 'right along when he's asleep, only worse.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore Jack London 1896
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"I've jes 'blew in fur a trifle of chin-music," replied Hervey with an emphatic U.S.A. accent.
The Green Mummy Fergus Hume 1895
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I thought 'twas only chin-music she was givin 'me.
Oh, Money! Money! 1894
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Of course, I'm awfully obliged to you for making that chin-music to her of evenings.
Roads of Destiny O. Henry 1886
hernesheir commented on the word chin-music
Let us not be overly guilty of this.
December 5, 2010
vendingmachine commented on the word chin-music
chatterbox = chin musician
July 22, 2015
TankHughes commented on the word chin-music
Another definition is a pitch in baseball that is high and inside and makes the batter back up so they don't get hit in the face. It's chin music because it's so close, they can hear the air whoosh by. Sometimes it's intentional if the batter has been crowding the plate. Sometimes it's just a wild pitch.
July 22, 2015