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jaw - 8 definitions

- noun
1. jaw -- the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
2. jaw -- the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
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3. jaw -- holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
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- verb
4. chew the fat -- talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
synonyms: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, claver, visit
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
5. yack -- talk incessantly and tiresomely
synonyms: yack, yack away, rattle on, yap away
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6. chew -- 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"
synonyms: chew, masticate, manducate
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
7. call on the carpet -- 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"
synonyms: 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
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
8. jaw, jaws -- to jabber
synonyms: jaws, jawed, jawing
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
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