intj
Meaning 1
A salutation, especially a drinking toast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
chin-chin
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌt͡ʃɪnˈt͡ʃɪn/
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/ˈt͡ʃɪnˌt͡ʃɪn/
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rhymes with -ɪn
noun
Meaning 2
Discussion, conversation, talk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, archaic, countable, informal, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 3
To greet; to toast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To say 'chin-chin'.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, intransitive
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History
Etymology
From Chinese Pidgin English chin-chin, a reduplication of Shanghainese 請 /请 (5chin, “please”). Sometimes, especially in Italianate spellings, reborrowed from Italian cincin.
Duplication of chin in its various senses. Compare chinwag.