Jaw
WordNet
noun
(1) Holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
(2) The part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
(3) The bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
verb
(4) Censure severely or angrily
"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"
(5) Talk incessantly and tiresomely
(6) Talk socially without exchanging too much information
"The men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
(7) Chew (food)
"He jawed his bubble gum"
"Chew your food and don't swallow it!"
"The cows were masticating the grass"
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Etymology
From jawe, jowe. Origin uncertain. Perhaps representing unattested Old English *cēowe ( = German Keu, Dutch kieuw), a modification of chaw (related to chew), , whose origin is also uncertain, or an apocopated form of M.E. chavell, chawl "jaw" from Old English ceafl "jaw", the source of English jowl "jaw, cheek", which it replaced. More at jowl
Noun
- One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
- The bone itself with the teeth and covering.
- Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; especially plural, the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.
- A notch or opening.
- A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard.
- One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.
- The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
- Impudent or abusive talk.
- Axle guard.