Definition of "chin-up" []

• The act or an instance of chinning oneself, practiced especially as a fitness exercise. Also called pull-up. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "It's good to see everyone together, he said, looking at everyone but me, and when we shook hands, he looked past me and then began a long story about Florida horse racing, and Pop slid out of his chair, walked to the living room doorway, and, huffing like a locomotive, did a chin-up on the door frame."
• "Chin chin-up: This is £16-worth of lager in 2060 terms, so don't spill a drop."
• "The corncob chin-up, at right, requires an exerciser at the top of a pull-up to shift his body right, then left, as if the pole were a cob off which he is eating corn."