jaw
jaw
- n the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
- n the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
- n holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
- v talk socially without exchanging too much information
- v talk incessantly and tiresomely
- v chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
He jawed his bubble gum - v censure severely or angrily
- If a man with a Mussolini jaw is really a Milquetoast, two Mayo Clinic surgeons know how to fix him upand will, at the drop of a knife.
- If an American dentist were to say to his patient, "I'm going to break your jaw," he might confidently expect to lose the patient.
- Takeru Kobayashi, handicapped by wisdom tooth surgery and an arthritic jaw, seemed to match Joey Chestnut dog for dog until the end, when he appeared to regurgitate a couple of them.