chin music
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit](folk music): The name jokingly refers to "playing" the mouth as if it were an instrument.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]- (baseball, informal) A fastball thrown near the batter's chin, often to set up a subsequent pitch thrown low and outside.
- Jones backed Smith off the plate with a little chin music.
- (cricket, informal) A bouncer aimed near the batsman's chin.
- (US, slang, dated) Idle talk; chatter.
- (folk music, informal) Rhythmic singing, usually to nonsense syllables, in a style partly inspired by the instruments used to accompany folk dancing in Irish and Scottish traditions.