Definition of Jaw

Noun

• holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
  
• the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it
  the bones that hold the teeth
  
• the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
  

Verb

• 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"
  - call on the carpet - take to task rebuke rag trounce reproof lecture reprimand - dress down - call down scold chide berate - bawl out remonstrate - chew out - chew up - have words lambaste lambast
• 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"
  chew masticate manducate
• talk incessantly and tiresomely
  yack - yack away - rattle on - yap away
• talk socially without exchanging too much information
  "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
  - chew the fat - shoot the breeze chat confabulate confab chitchat - chit chat chatter chaffer natter gossip claver visit

Word games points for the Jaw

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Unscramble jaw

3 unscramble word found using the letters jaw.

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