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Defenition of the word jaw

    • Defenition of the word jaw

      • Either of the two opposable structures forming, or near the entrance to, the mouth.
      • chew the fat; shoot the breeze
      • chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"
      • 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
      • one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
      • censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering the stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"; "check" is archaic
      • talk incessantly and tiresomely
      • holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
      • 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"
      • talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
      • chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don''t swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"
      • censure severely or angrily
      • talk socially without exchanging too much information
      • chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

    Synonyms for the word jaw

      • bawl out
      • berate
      • chaffer
      • chat
      • chatter
      • check
      • chew
      • chew out
      • chew up
      • chide
      • chitchat
      • claver
      • confab
      • confabulate
      • dress down
      • gossip
      • have words
      • jaws
      • lambast
      • lambaste
      • lecture
      • manducate
      • masticate
      • natter
      • rag
      • rattle on
      • rebuke
      • remonstrate
      • reprimand
      • reproof
      • scold
      • visit
      • yack
      • yack away
      • yap away

    Meronymys for the word jaw

      • alligator clip
      • alveolar arch
      • alveolar process
      • alveolar ridge
      • bench vise
      • bulldog clip
      • chuck
      • face
      • gum ridge
      • human face
      • jawbone
      • jowl
      • lower jaw
      • mandible
      • mandibula
      • maxilla
      • pair of pliers
      • pliers
      • plyers
      • skull
      • spanner
      • submaxilla
      • upper jaw
      • upper jawbone
      • vise
      • wrench

    Hyponyms for the word jaw

      • brush down
      • castigate
      • champ
      • chasten
      • chastise
      • chaw
      • chomp
      • chop
      • correct
      • crunch
      • gnaw
      • gum
      • jawbone
      • jowl
      • lower jaw
      • lower jawbone
      • mandible
      • mandibula
      • mandibular bone
      • maxilla
      • maxillary
      • mumble
      • munch
      • objurgate
      • schmoose
      • schmooze
      • shmoose
      • shmooze
      • submaxilla
      • tell off
      • upper jaw
      • upper jawbone

    Hypernyms for the word jaw

      • bone
      • converse
      • criticise
      • criticize
      • discourse
      • feature
      • grate
      • grind
      • holding device
      • knock
      • lineament
      • mouth
      • os
      • pick apart
      • skeletal structure
      • speak
      • talk
      • utter
      • verbalise
      • verbalize

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