What does jaw mean?
Definitions for jaw
dʒɔjaw
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Princeton's WordNet
jawnoun
the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
jawnoun
the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
jawverb
holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visitverb
talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
yack, jaw, yack away, rattle on, yap awayverb
talk incessantly and tiresomely
chew, masticate, manducate, jawverb
chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
"He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"
call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambastverb
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"
GCIDE
Jawverb
To talk idly, long-windedly, or without special purpose.
Wiktionary
jawnoun
One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
jawnoun
The part of the face below the mouth.
His jaw dropped in amazement.
jawnoun
Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; especially plural, the mouth or way of entrance.
the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.
jawnoun
A notch or opening.
jawnoun
A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.
the jaw of a railway-car pedestal.
jawnoun
One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.
the jaws of a vise; the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.
jawnoun
The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
jawnoun
Impudent or abusive talk.
jawnoun
Axle guard.
jawverb
To assail or abuse by scolding.
jawverb
To scold; to clamor.
jawverb
To talk; to converse.
jawverb
(of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
Etymology: From jawe, jowe, geowe, alteration of (in early Modern English chawe, chaw), from kawōn (compare Middle Dutch kauwe, kouwe, German dialect Käu ‘jaw, donkey jowl’), gradation-variant of (compare Old English cian (pl.) ‘gills’, West Frisian kiuw ‘gill’, Dutch kieuw ‘gill’), noun from kewwanan (compare English chew). More at chew. Alteration probably influenced by jolle, chaul, which it replaced (see jowl).
Wikipedia
Jaw
The jaw is any opposable articulated structure at the entrance of the mouth, typically used for grasping and manipulating food. The term jaws is also broadly applied to the whole of the structures constituting the vault of the mouth and serving to open and close it and is part of the body plan of most animals.
ChatGPT
jaw
A jaw is a part of the body structure, typically in vertebrates, consisting of two parts attached to the skull, used for grasping or crushing food. The lower jaw, or mandible, typically moves while the upper jaw, or maxilla, stays stationary. In humans, the jaw also plays a key role in facial structure and speech production.
Webster Dictionary
Jawnoun
one of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth
Jawnoun
hence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering
Jawnoun
in the plural, the mouth
Jawnoun
fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death
Jawnoun
a notch or opening
Jawnoun
a notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard
Jawnoun
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
Jawnoun
the inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast
Jawnoun
impudent or abusive talk
Jawverb
to scold; to clamor
Jawverb
to assail or abuse by scolding
Wikidata
Jaw
The jaw is any opposable articulated structure at the entrance of the mouth, typically used for grasping and manipulating food. The term jaws is also broadly applied to the whole of the structures constituting the vault of the mouth and serving to open and close it and is part of the body plan of most animals.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Jaw
jaw, n. the bones of the mouth in which the teeth are set: the mouth: anything like a jaw: (slang) talkativeness, scolding.—v.i. (slang) to scold.—ns. Jaw′bone, the bone of the jaw, in which the teeth are set; Jaw′-break′er (slang), a word hard to pronounce.—adj. Jawed, having jaws: denoting the appearance of the jaws, as lantern-jawed.—n. Jaw′fall, a falling of the jaw: (fig.) depression of spirits.—adj. Jaw′-fall′en, depressed in spirits: dejected.—ns. Jaw′-foot, a foot-jaw, maxilliped; Jaw′-lē′ver, an instrument for opening the mouth of a horse or cow to admit medicine; Jaw′-tooth, one of the double teeth, a grinder or molar.—Break-jaw word, a very long word, or one hard to pronounce; Hold one's jaw, to cease from talking or scolding. [Old spelling chaw, akin to chew.]
Jaw
jaw, v.t. (Scot.) to pour out, throw out: splash.—ns. Jaw′-box, Jaw′-hole, a sink.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Jaw
Bony structure of the mouth that holds the teeth. It consists of the MANDIBLE and the MAXILLA.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
jaw
The inner, hollowed, semicircular end of a gaff or boom, which presses against the mast; the points of the jaw are called horns. Also, coarse and often petulant loquacity.--Long-jawed applies to a rope or cable, when by great strain it untwists, and exhibits one revolution where four were before; similar to long and short threads of the screw.
Editors Contribution
jaw
A bone structure within the mouth and face of a human or animal.
Our jaw is vital to us eating food and drinking.
Submitted by MaryC on March 16, 2020
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
JAW
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Jaw is ranked #101737 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Jaw surname appeared 177 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Jaw.
79.1% or 140 total occurrences were Asian.
12.4% or 22 total occurrences were Black.
7.3% or 13 total occurrences were White.
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'jaw' in Nouns Frequency: #2054
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of jaw in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of jaw in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of jaw in a Sentence
This is a real punch to the jaw for athletics. Already it was a difficult sell. This is going to make it a very, very difficult sell.
However, in this case, there was no jaw, so, the first thing to reconstruct was his jaw.
If Nishant Yagnick were to lose Nishant Yagnick core balance during the lean and didn't catch the fall with Nishant Yagnick arms, Nishant Yagnick could hit Nishant Yagnick jaw, that might hyperextend the neck and cause serious spine damage.
Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.
It was a shock, to put it mildly, i think my jaw literally hit the floor.
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- ацламҳәаAbkhaz
- kaakAfrikaans
- فكArabic
- çənəAzerbaijani
- сківіцаBelarusian
- челюстBulgarian
- mandíbulaCatalan, Valencian
- čelistCzech
- kæbeDanish
- Unterkiefer, Kiefer, Kinnbacke, OberkieferGerman
- σαγόνιGreek
- makzeloEsperanto
- mandíbulaSpanish
- lõualuu, lõugEstonian
- فک, آروارهPersian
- leukaluu, leukaFinnish
- mâchoire, mâchoire supérieure, mâchoire inférieureFrench
- giallScottish Gaelic
- tañykãGuaraní
- जबड़ाHindi
- állkapocsHungarian
- ծնոտArmenian
- rahangIndonesian
- masheloIdo
- kjálkiIcelandic
- ganascia, mandibolaItalian
- 齶Japanese
- ყბაGeorgian
- жақKazakh
- ថ្គាម, ឆ្អឹងថ្គាមKhmer
- 턱Korean
- жаакKyrgyz
- maxillaLatin
- ຄາງLao
- žandikaulisLithuanian
- žoklisLatvian
- челуст, вилицаMacedonian
- эрүүMongolian
- rahangMalay
- ပါးချိတ်ရိုးBurmese
- kaakDutch
- kjeveNorwegian
- ayaatsʼiinNavajo, Navaho
- szczęka, czeluśćPolish
- mandíbulaPortuguese
- mandibulă, maxilar, falcă, mandibuleRomanian
- че́люстьRussian
- чељуст, вилица, čeljust, vilicaSerbo-Croatian
- čeľusťSlovak
- čeljustSlovene
- nofullaAlbanian
- käkeSwedish
- ҷоғTajik
- กรามThai
- äň, eňekTurkmen
- çeneTurkish
- щелепаUkrainian
- جبڑاUrdu
- jag'Uzbek
- xương hàm, hàm, quai hàmVietnamese
- löpamaxül, maxül, donamaxülVolapük
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