JAW

/d͡ʒɔː/ ► audio Scrabble 13 Words With Friends 15

Definition

  1. noun the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth.
  2. noun the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it.
  3. noun holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object.
  4. verb talk socially without exchanging too much information. — synonyms: chew_the_fat, shoot_the_breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter
  5. verb talk incessantly and tiresomely. — synonyms: yack, yack_away, rattle_on, yap_away
  6. verb chew (food). — synonyms: chew, masticate, manducate
  7. verb censure severely or angrily. — synonyms: call_on_the_carpet, take_to_task, rebuke, rag, trounce, lecture, reprimand, dress_down

Examples

  • “His jaw dropped in amazement.”
  • “the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.”
  • “the jaw of a railway-car pedestal.”

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