chin music

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Recent Examples of chin music But during his acceptance speech for the Dr. Dre Global Impact Award, Jay-Z took the opportunity to throw some chin music at the Recording Academy. Anna Gaca, Pitchfork, 5 Feb. 2024 And many of our plants leaned into that chin music to less than stellar results. Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 7 Apr. 2023 It’s called chin music. Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2021 For all the chin music about SUV-like design, the profile hides the minivan quotient like a silk sheet conceals an elephant. Dan Neil, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2021 That might result in some chin music, but Baez likely won't tone it down anytime soon. Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 17 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chin music
Noun
  • The vice president, played by Bowen Yang, then entered the chat, as Hegseth asked about his trip to Greenland.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Although the Pentagon hasn’t offered classification details about the information in the Signal chats, information about upcoming military strikes is typically tightly guarded to ensure adversaries don’t have advance warning that could jeopardize the mission or put American service members at risk.
    David Klepper, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In the case of viral chatter, the message would be a human pandemic.
    Ron Barrett, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Instead of dialogue, the SEAL team communicates through chatter.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And the show captures the kind of bull — and bullying — that passes for small talk in Hollywood.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Was that a form of small talk for children, when feelings that were too intense could be covered up more easily than articulated?
    Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Trump and Carney agreed that Dominic LeBlanc, Canada’s minister of international trade, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick will intensify talks to address the coming tariffs in the interim.
    Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The Kremlin leader has been accused by Ukraine and European leaders of trying to prolong ceasefire talks without any serious intent of stopping fighting.
    Ronald Popeski, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Each monthly box includes three recipe guides, skill lessons, a kitchen tool, a kitchen project, an apron patch, table talk cards, and a grocery list.
    Jessica Booth, Parents, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Almost everything about Thanksgiving, from travel to table talk about politics, has the potential to become fraught.
    Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024

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“Chin music.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chin%20music. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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