{i} one or both of the bones which form the framework of the mouth; section around the bones of the jaw, mouth; section of a machine which grips or holds objects; gossip, idle chatter
Words of complaint; wrangling, abuse, jabber "To jaw," to annoy with words, to jabber, wrangle, or abuse The French gueule and gueuler are used in the same manner Hold your jaw Hold your tongue or jabber What are you jawing about? What are you jabbering or wrangling about? A break-jaw word A very long word, or one hard to pronounce
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"
One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine
Your jaw is the lower part of your face below your mouth. The movement of your jaw is sometimes considered to express a particular emotion. For example, if your jaw drops, you are very surprised. He thought for a moment, stroking his well-defined jaw
Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; especially plural, the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death
holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object 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
If you talk about the jaws of something unpleasant such as death or hell, you are referring to a dangerous or unpleasant situation. A family dog rescued a newborn boy from the jaws of death. to talk. Either of two bones that frame the mouth: a movable lower jaw (mandible) and a fixed upper jaw (maxilla). These hold the teeth (see tooth) and are used for biting and chewing and in speech. Vertical portions at the back of the lower jaw form hinge joints at the temples. The front of its arch thickens to form the chin. The upper jaw is attached to bones at the bridge of the nose, in the eye sockets and roof of the mouth, and the cheekbones. It contains the large maxillary sinus