Definition of Jaw
Noun: jaw jo
- 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
- Talk socially without exchanging too much information
"the men were sitting in the cafe and jawing";
- chew the fat, shoot the breeze [N. Amer], chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, claver [UK, dialect], visit, gas, gab
- Talk incessantly and tiresomely
- yack, yack away, rattle on, yap away, yak
- Chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
"He jawed his bubble gum";
- chew, masticate, manducate
- Censure severely or angrily
- call on the carpet [US], take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out [N. Amer], chew up [N. Amer], have words, lambaste, lambast, ream [N. Amer]
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