chest
verb/tʃest/
/tʃest/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they chest | /tʃest/ /tʃest/ |
| he / she / it chests | /tʃests/ /tʃests/ |
| past simple chested | /ˈtʃestɪd/ /ˈtʃestɪd/ |
| past participle chested | /ˈtʃestɪd/ /ˈtʃestɪd/ |
| -ing form chesting | /ˈtʃestɪŋ/ /ˈtʃestɪŋ/ |
- chest something (+ adv./prep.) (in football (soccer)) to control the ball using your chest
- He chested the ball down, swivelled and volleyed it into the net.
Word OriginOld English cest, cyst, related to Dutch kist and German Kiste, based on Greek kistē ‘box’.Want to learn more?
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