chin-up
noun
plural chin-ups
: an exercise in which one hangs by the hands from a support (such as a horizontal bar) and pulls oneself up until the chin is level with the support
specifically
: such an exercise done with the palms facing inward compare pull-up
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One chin-up session mimicked the combine test: maximum reps before failure.
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Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 31 May 2025
Despite the rainy start, chin-up golf fans, the end of the week should feel a lot more like a typical Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
How Autonomous Negotiation Works In a stylish office in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, Kristjan Korjus is working in his stocking feet while a colleague does chin-ups on a bar in the corner near the whiteboards.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Nov. 2024
Derrick Henry’s shoulders seem wide as a chin-up bar, his torso like the door of a bank vault, his muscles like risen bread.
—Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
There are countless chin-up holiday dramas, but there’s only one featuring haunted organs.
—Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Oct. 2024
That structure could take the form of something like a third-party weight bench or chin-up bar, although Jayflex does offer two gadgets of its own that should do the job nicely.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2024
Under current Secret Service qualification tests, male and female candidates are held under different fitness standards for push-ups, sit-ups, chin-ups, and the mile run.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 July 2024
Morris’s description of Stewart absolutely smoking her fiancée at chin-ups is the lesbian love story of the year, in my humble opinion.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2024
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Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 31 May 2025
Despite the rainy start, chin-up golf fans, the end of the week should feel a lot more like a typical Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
How Autonomous Negotiation Works In a stylish office in the Estonian capital, Tallinn, Kristjan Korjus is working in his stocking feet while a colleague does chin-ups on a bar in the corner near the whiteboards.
—IEEE Spectrum, 7 Nov. 2024
Derrick Henry’s shoulders seem wide as a chin-up bar, his torso like the door of a bank vault, his muscles like risen bread.
—Dan Pompei, The Athletic, 18 July 2024
There are countless chin-up holiday dramas, but there’s only one featuring haunted organs.
—Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 23 Oct. 2024
That structure could take the form of something like a third-party weight bench or chin-up bar, although Jayflex does offer two gadgets of its own that should do the job nicely.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2024
Under current Secret Service qualification tests, male and female candidates are held under different fitness standards for push-ups, sit-ups, chin-ups, and the mile run.
—Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 July 2024
Morris’s description of Stewart absolutely smoking her fiancée at chin-ups is the lesbian love story of the year, in my humble opinion.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2024
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“Chin-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chin-up. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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