chinned

verb

past tense of chin, slang
as in chatted
to engage in casual or rambling conversation the kind of work environment in which staffers can knock off early on Friday and chin with the boss

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chinned
  1. chatted
  2. conversed
  3. talked
  4. jawed
Verb
  • Holland can be heard saying in the video, while the Euphoria star, whose full name is Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, chatted with a reporter.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026
  • Flow Space chatted with two leading experts about the best ways to keep your eyes healthy in midlife and beyond.
    — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 22 July 2026
Definition of chatted
Verb
  • But today’s linguistic diversity may be only the shadow of a time when humans conversed in 10 times as many tongues.
    — Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 23 July 2026
  • But the writers have conversed with one another and have been living in this world for so long.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 July 2026
Definition of conversed
Verb
  • Scott Harris, the Tigers’ president of baseball operations who orchestrated the deal, talked last year of not believing in a Skubal window.
    — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Those two talked for about 10 minutes while my wife and I were settled at the table.
    — Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of talked
Verb
  • In a rare show of emotion, the 6-2 Knicks star got up off the ground and jawed at Victor Wembanyama, clearly irate with the San Antonio Spurs’ 7-4 center.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 10 June 2026
  • After the game that featured five technical fouls and thee ejections, players from both teams jawed back and forth near midcourt.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Definition of jawed
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“Chinned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chinned. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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