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Chin music

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A fastball thrown near the batter's chin, often to set up a subsequent pitch thrown low and outside. informal, uncountable

    "Jones backed Smith off the plate with a little chin music."

  2. 2
    idle or foolish and irrelevant talk wordnet
  3. 3
    A bouncer aimed near the batsman's chin. informal, uncountable
  4. 4
    Idle talk; chatter. US, dated, slang, uncountable
  5. 5
    Rhythmic singing, usually to nonsense syllables, in a style partly inspired by the instruments used to accompany folk dancing in Irish and Scottish traditions. informal, uncountable

Etymology

(folk music): The name jokingly refers to "playing" the mouth as if it were an instrument.

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