What does jaw mean?

Definitions for jaw
dʒɔjaw

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. jawnoun

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

  2. jawnoun

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

  3. jawverb

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

  4. 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"

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

    talk incessantly and tiresomely

  6. 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"

  7. 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

  1. Jawverb

    To talk idly, long-windedly, or without special purpose.

Wiktionary

  1. jawnoun

    One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

  2. jawnoun

    The part of the face below the mouth.

    His jaw dropped in amazement.

  3. 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.

  4. jawnoun

    A notch or opening.

  5. jawnoun

    A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.

    the jaw of a railway-car pedestal.

  6. 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.

  7. jawnoun

    The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.

  8. jawnoun

    Impudent or abusive talk.

  9. jawnoun

    Axle guard.

  10. jawverb

    To assail or abuse by scolding.

  11. jawverb

    To scold; to clamor.

  12. jawverb

    To talk; to converse.

  13. jawverb

    (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.

  14. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Jawnoun

    one of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth

  2. Jawnoun

    hence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering

  3. Jawnoun

    in the plural, the mouth

  4. 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

  5. Jawnoun

    a notch or opening

  6. Jawnoun

    a notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard

  7. 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

  8. Jawnoun

    the inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast

  9. Jawnoun

    impudent or abusive talk

  10. Jawverb

    to scold; to clamor

  11. Jawverb

    to assail or abuse by scolding

Wikidata

  1. 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

  1. 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.]

  2. Jaw

    jaw, v.t. (Scot.) to pour out, throw out: splash.—ns. Jaw′-box, Jaw′-hole, a sink.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Jaw

    Bony structure of the mouth that holds the teeth. It consists of the MANDIBLE and the MAXILLA.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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.

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  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'jaw' in Nouns Frequency: #2054

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of jaw in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of jaw in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of jaw in a Sentence

  1. Andrew Woodward:

    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.

  2. Oscar Nilsson:

    However, in this case, there was no jaw, so, the first thing to reconstruct was his jaw.

  3. Jose Garcia-Corrada:

    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.

  4. Harold Macmillan:

    Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.

  5. Mandy Joye:

    It was a shock, to put it mildly, i think my jaw literally hit the floor.

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