chin lift; chin grab
Colloquial term for the romantic gesture of lifting someone's chin with a finger, often seen in manga/anime as a dominant yet affectionate move.
My boyfriend did the chin-lift thing on me.
In shoujo manga, there are often chin-lift scenes.
Full katakana spelling, sometimes used for emphasis or in informal writing.
Formed from 顎 “chin” and the mimetic クイ, as in クイッと, describing a quick upward tilting motion. The expression arose in manga and related popular culture for lifting another person’s chin.