an act or instance of chinning a horizontal bar, rod, or the like.
Origin
1880-85
Examples from the web for chin-up
Tonight, despite her forced cheerfulness and chin-up longanimity, she is slightly hunched over and moves as if doing so hurts.
Prayers for every player to emerge cleanly from each game, with chin-up and free of injury.
chin-up handle design allowing for wide and narrow grip positions, dip handles designed for variety of grip widths.
Take walks after dinner, go on a weekend bike ride, or have chin-up contests on the monkey bars at a nearby playground.
Try the regular, inclined and inverted chin-up to work your biceps and increase your upper body strength.
Word Origin and History for chin-up
n.
also chinup, type of exercise, 1951, from chin (v.) + up (adv.). Earlier it was called chinning the bar and under names such as this is described by 1883.