chin music

chin music

slang Talk or chatter. Can you guys please be quiet? Your chin music is distracting me from my work.
See also: chin, music
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

chin music

Fig. Inf. talk; conversation. Whenever those two get together, you can be sure there'll be plenty of chin music. Bill just loves to hear himself talk. He'll make chin music for hours at a time.
See also: chin, music
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

chinmusic

n. talk; chatter. I’ve heard about enough of your chinmusic! Hush!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • chinmusic
  • make chin music
  • throw (some) shapes
  • blare out
  • chin up
  • chuck (one) under the chin
  • chuck under the chin
  • grunch
  • grunge
  • by ear
References in periodicals archive
Michaels tasted an F5 while Lesnar's manager, Paul Heymar, ate some Sweet Chin Music. The hard-hitting action spilled out from all angles before Helmsley nailed Lesnar with a Pedigree on the ring steps for a huge victory.
Kate Lebo, A Commonplace Book of Pie (Chin Music Press)
It is "so accepted by custom that a pitch intentionally thrown at a batter has it's own terminology: 'brushback,' 'beanball,' 'chin music.'"
Lancashire fast bowler Mahmood, 24, is the elder cousin of teenage boxing sensation Amir Khan and is keen to dish out some chin music of his own.
Without any reference to Hsun's agenda to cleanse Chin music of mistaken Wei harmonics, Egan, "Reconsidering the Role of Folk Songs," 73-74, correctly states that "old/earlier [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]" in this phrase refers to the "previous" Wei, not antiquity.
Bruce Rutledge is the founder of Chin Music Press of Seattle http://www.chinmusicpress.com and a former editor of J@pan Inc magazine.
Well, dead-cat bounce made it into the business and law section: "n [from the facetious notion that even a dead cat would bounce slightly if dropped from a sufficient height] (1985): a brief and insignificant recovery (as of stock prices) after a steep decline." Chin music means either idle talk or "a usu.
No accusations were ever made, but pitches thrown around the head, called "chin music" or purpose pitches, always portrayed the dangerous side of baseball.
Consequently, his survey work with the Museum contributed greatly to the mapping of Canada's musical heritage: Newfoundland chin music, Scots fiddling from Cape Breton, Cree hand-game songs, Blood folktales, Doukhobor traditional choral singing, Ukrainian Christmas Carols, Mennonite folksongs, Okinawan-Japanese songs accompanied by shamisen, and Chinese vocal and instrumental music.
Ross Bauer's Chin Music appeals, in part, because of the continuing interaction of the viola and the piano: each instrument plays off the other's tones in a dialogue that develops throughout the piece.
BY MIKE WALTERS ENGLAND are preparing to test Pakistan with 90mph chin music by unleashing speed twins Jofra Archer and Mark Wood.
Benjamin attempted a springboard move on a prone HBK, but as he flew threw the air, Michaels rose to his feet and nailed him with a picture-perfect Sweet Chin Music.
Notts decided to start playing some chin music, and Poynter enjoyed dancing to it, audaciously lifting James Pattinson over the wicketkeeper for four.
But England insist he won't be getting any favours and if Rogers turns up in Birmingham he will get his share of chin music.
EVERY time an Indian team landed in Australia, the popular theme leading up to the first Test would be to give the batsmen some ' chin music', to expose their weakness against the shortpitched stuff.