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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun jaw has 3 senses
- jaw(n = noun.body) Array - the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth; Array is a kind of bone, os
- jaw(n = noun.body) Array - the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth; Array is a part of face, human face
- jaw(n = noun.artifact) Array - holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object; Array is a part of alligator clip, bulldog clip, chuck, pair of pliers, pliers, plyers, bench vise, vise, spanner, wrench
has particulars: jawbone, jowl, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla, maxilla, maxillary, upper jaw, upper jawbone, chop
has parts: alveolar arch, alveolar process, alveolar ridge, gum ridge
is a part of skull
Derived form verb jaw3
is a kind of feature, lineament
Derived form verb jaw3
is a kind of holding device
Verb jaw has 4 senses
- jaw(v = verb.communication) chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, natter, shoot the breeze, visit - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" is one way to converse, discourse
- jaw(v = verb.communication) rattle on, yack, yack away, yap away - talk incessantly and tiresomely; Array is one way to mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize
- jaw(v = verb.consumption) chew, manducate, masticate - 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" is one way to grate, grind
- jaw(v = verb.communication) bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce - 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" is one way to criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
Derived forms noun jaw1, noun jaw2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
- One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth. [1913 Webster]
- 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. Shak. [1913 Webster] - A notch or opening. [1913 Webster]
- The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast. [1913 Webster]
- Impudent or abusive talk. H. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
jaw, v. i.
- To scold; to clamor. Smollett. [1913 Webster]
- To talk idly, long-windedly, or without special purpose. [PJC]
jaw, v. t.
To assail or abuse by scolding. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
jaw, n. & v.
--n.
1 a each of the upper and lower bony structures in vertebrates forming the framework of the mouth and containing the teeth. b the parts of certain invertebrates used for the ingestion of food.
2 a (in pl.) the mouth with its bones and teeth. b the narrow mouth of a valley, channel, etc. c the gripping parts of a tool or machine. d gripping-power (jaws of death).
3 colloq. a talkativeness; tedious talk (hold your jaw). b a sermonizing talk; a lecture.
--v. colloq.
1 intr. speak esp. at tedious length.
2 tr. a persuade by talking. b admonish or lecture.
--n.
1 a each of the upper and lower bony structures in vertebrates forming the framework of the mouth and containing the teeth. b the parts of certain invertebrates used for the ingestion of food.
2 a (in pl.) the mouth with its bones and teeth. b the narrow mouth of a valley, channel, etc. c the gripping parts of a tool or machine. d gripping-power (jaws of death).
3 colloq. a talkativeness; tedious talk (hold your jaw). b a sermonizing talk; a lecture.
--v. colloq.
1 intr. speak esp. at tedious length.
2 tr. a persuade by talking. b admonish or lecture.
Idiom
jaw-breaker colloq. a word that is very long or hard to pronounce.
Etymology
ME f. OF joe cheek, jaw, of uncert. orig.
THESAURUS
jaw
abuse, babble, bark at, baste, bat the breeze, bazoo, beat the gums, berate, betongue, blab, blabber, blacken, blather, blether, carpet, chaps, chat, chatter, chin, chops, clack, clatter, dither, embouchure, execrate, fulminate against, gab, gabble, gas, gibber, gibble-gabble, go on, gob, gossip, gush, haver, jabber, jaws, jowls, kisser, lip, lips, load with reproaches, mandibles, maw, maxilla, mouth, mug, mush, muzzle, natter, oral cavity, palaver, patter, pour forth, prate, prattle, premaxilla, rag, rail, rail at, ramble on, rate, rattle, rattle on, rave against, reel off, revile, run on, sass, sauce, shoot the breeze, spiel, spout, spout off, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, thunder against, tittle-tattle, tongue-lash, trap, twaddle, twattle, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, waffle, wig, yak, yakkety-yak, yap, yell at, yelp atROGET THESAURUS
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Loquacity
N loquacity, loquaciousness, talkativeness, garrulity, multiloquence, much speaking, jaw, gabble, jabber, chatter, prate, prattle, cackle, clack, twaddle, twattle, rattle, caquet, caquetterie, blabber, bavardage, bibble-babble, gibble-gabble, small talk, fluency, flippancy, volubility, flowing, tongue, flow of words, flux de bouche, flux de mots, copia verborum, cacoethes loquendi, furor loquendi, verbosity, gift of the gab, talker, chatterer, chatterbox, babbler, rattle, ranter, sermonizer, proser, driveler, blatherskite, gossip, magpie, jay, parrot, poll, Babel, moulin a paroles, loquacious, talkative, garrulous, linguacious, multiloquous, largiloquent, chattering, chatty, declamatory, open-mouthed, fluent, voluble, glib, flippant, long tongued, long winded, trippingly on the tongue, glibly, off the reel, the tongue running fast, the tongue running loose, the tongue running on wheels, all talk and no cider, foul whisperings are abroad, what a spendthrift is he of his tongue!.VB be loquacious, talk glibly, pour forth, patter, prate, palaver, prose, chatter, prattle, clack, jabber, jaw, blather, blatter, blether, rattle, rattle on, twaddle, twattle, babble, gabble, outtalk, talk oneself out of breath, talk oneself hoarse, expatiate, gossip, din in the ears, talk at random, talk nonsense, be hoarse with talking.
Disapprobation
VB disapprove, dislike, lament, object to, take exception to, be scandalized at, think ill of, view with disfavor, view with dark eyes, view with jaundiced eyes, nil admirari, disvalue, improbate, frown upon, look grave, bend the brows, knit the brows, shake the head at, shrug the shoulders, turn up the nose, look askance, look black upon, look with an evil eye, make a wry face, make a wry mouth at, set one's face against, dispraise, discommend, disparage, deprecate, speak ill of, not speak well of, condemn, blame, lay blame upon, cast blame upon, censure, fronder, reproach, pass censure on, reprobate, impugn, remonstrate, expostulate, recriminate, reprehend, chide, admonish, berate, betongue, bring to account, call to account, call over the coals, rake over the coals, call to order, take to task, reprove, lecture, bring to book, read a lesson, read a lecture to, rebuke, correct, reprimand, chastise, castigate, lash, blow up, trounce, trim, laver la tete, overhaul, give it one, give it one finely, gibbet, accuse, impeach, denounce, hold up to reprobation, hold up to execration, expose, brand, gibbet, stigmatize, show up, pull up, take up, cry 'shame' upon, be outspoken, raise a hue and cry against, execrate, exprobate, speak daggers, vituperate, abuse, abuse like a pickpocket, scold, rate, objurgate, upbraid, fall foul of, jaw, rail, rail at, rail in good set terms, bark at, anathematize, call names, call by hard names, call by ugly names, avile, revile, vilify, vilipend, bespatter, backbite, clapperclaw, rave against, thunder against, fulminate against, load with reproaches, exclaim against, protest against, inveigh against, declaim against, cry out against, raise one's voice against, decry, cry down, run down, frown down, clamor, hiss, hoot, mob, ostracize, blacklist, draw up a round robin, sign a round robin, animadvert upon, reflect upon, glance at, cast reflection, cast reproach, cast a slur upon, insinuate, damn with faint praise, hint a fault and hesitate dislike, not to be able to say much for, scoff at, point at, twit, taunt, sneer at, satirize, lampoon, defame, depreciate, find fault with, criticize, cut up, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, take exception, cavil, peck at, nibble at, carp at, be censorious, pick holes, pick a hole, pick a hole in one's coat, make a fuss about, take down, take down a peg, set down, snub, snap one up, give a rap on the knuckles, throw a stone at, throw a stone in one's garden, have a fling, have a snap at, have words with, pluck a crow with, give one a wipe, give one a lick with the rough side of the tongue, incur blame, excite disapprobation, scandalize, shock, revolt, get a bad name, forfeit one's good opinion, be under a cloud, come under the ferule, bring a hornet's nest about one's ears, take blame, stand corrected, have to answer for.
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