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chinning bar

chinning bar noun: a bar used for doing chin-ups or pull-ups (exercises in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar).

chinning bar: a bar used for doing chin-ups or pull-ups (exercises in which one lifts one's own weight while...
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Noun

chinning bar (plural chinning bars)

  1. A bar used for doing chin-ups or pull-ups (exercises in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar)
    • He had lost one of the oars. The other was pulled tight against him like a chinning bar.1966, Cynthia Ozick, Trust, New York: The New American Library, Part 4, Chapter 20, p. 545
    • Robert did his exercises, standing in the yard where she could see him. Indian clubs—a chinning bar and shadow boxing.1977, Timothy Findley, The Wars, New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, published 1978, Prologue, p. 18
    Synonyms:
    chin-up bar, chinup bar

Synonyms of chinning bar

Forms of chinning bar

pluralchinning bars

Questions about chinning bar

What does chinning bar mean?
Chinning bar means a bar used for doing chin-ups or pull-ups (exercises in which one lifts one's own weight while hanging from a bar).
What part of speech is chinning bar?
Chinning bar is a noun.
What is the plural of chinning bar?
The plural of chinning bar is chinning bars.

Words near chinning bar in the dictionary

  1. Chinnery
  2. chinnier
  3. chinnies
  4. chinniest
  5. chinning
  6. chinning bar
  7. chinning bars
  8. chinning up
  9. Chinnock
  10. Chinnor
  11. Chinns

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