chin-up

[ chin-uhp ]

noun

1. an act or instance of chinning a horizontal bar, rod, or the like.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chin-up¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

"We also had a chin-up bar and would try to do maximum chin-ups. We were so lucky to have training buddies to push each other along."

From BBC

Holding a bow steady at full draw is like hanging in a chin-up: It’s not something you can do for very long, over and over again.

From Los Angeles Times

Later she installed a chin-up bar that still fills a doorway in her suburban Sacramento home.

From Los Angeles Times

Aside from the vaulting setup, the Duplantises erected a batting cage, a trampoline, monkey bars, a climbing rope and a chin-up bar in the backyard.

From Washington Post

Although she was a former softball player who had wrestled the controls in airplanes in the worst weather conditions, she could not pull her body weight up to the chin-up bar.

From Literature

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