jaw
/dʒˈɔ/ · 1 syllable
Meaning
verb
- talk socially without exchanging too much information
“the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze” - talk incessantly and tiresomely
- chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
“He jawed his bubble gum” - censure severely or angrily
“The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car”
noun
- the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
- the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
- holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
Synonyms for jaw
Words that rhyme with jaw
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