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Jaw

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Noun

1. jaw

the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth

2. jaw

the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth

3. jaw

holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object

Verb

4. chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit

talk socially without exchanging too much information

Example Sentences:
'the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze'

5. jaw, rattle on, yack, yack away, yap away

talk incessantly and tiresomely

6. chew, jaw, manducate, masticate

chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

Example Sentences:
'He jawed his bubble gum'
'Chew your food and don't swallow it!'
'The cows were masticating the grass'

7. bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce

censure severely or angrily

Example Sentences:
'The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car'
'The deputy ragged the Prime Minister'
'The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Jaw

see synonyms of jaw
noun
1. 
the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth. In higher vertebrates it consists of the upper jaw (maxilla) fused to the cranium and the lower jaw (mandible)
▶ Related adjectives: gnathal, gnathic
2. 
the corresponding part of an invertebrate, esp an insect
3. 
a pair or either of a pair of hinged or sliding components of a machine or tool designed to grip an object
4. slang
a. 
impudent talk; cheek
b. 
idle conversation; chat
c. 
moralizing talk; a lecture
verb
5. (intransitive) slang
a. 
to talk idly; chat; gossip
b. 
to lecture

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Jaw

see synonyms of jaw
noun
1. 
either of the two bones or bony parts that hold the teeth and frame the mouth in most vertebrates: the mandible (lower jaw) is usually hinged and movable, the maxilla (upper jaw) is usually not
2. 
any of various analogous biting structures of invertebrates
3.  [pl.]
the mouth
4. 
either of two mechanical parts that open and close to grip or crush something, as in a monkey wrench or vise
5.  [pl.]
the narrow entrance of a canyon, valley, strait, etc.
6.  [pl.]
something grasping or imminent
the jaws of death
7.  Slang, Obsolete
a talk
verb intransitive
8.  Slang
to talk, esp. in a boring or abusive way
verb transitive
9.  Slang, Obsolete
to scold or reprove, esp. repeatedly

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Jaw

see synonyms of jaw
n.
1.
a. Either of two bony or cartilaginous structures that in most vertebrates form the framework of the mouth and hold the teeth.
b. The mandible or maxilla or the part of the face covering these bones.
c. Any of various structures of invertebrates that have an analogous function to vertebrate jaws.
2. Either of two opposed hinged parts in a mechanical device.
3. jaws The walls of a pass, canyon, or cavern.
4. jaws A dangerous situation or confrontation: the jaws of death.
5. Slang
a. Impudent argument or back talk: Don't give me any jaw.
b. A conversation or chat.
intr.v. jawed, jaw·ing, jaws
Slang
1. To talk vociferously; jabber.
2. To talk; converse.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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