English to English
jaw
(/dZ//O/
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noun (n)
- the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth(noun.body)source: wordnet30
- the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth(noun.body)source: wordnet30
- holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- talk socially without exchanging too much information(verb.communication)Synonym:
chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, natter, shoot the breeze, visitsource: wordnet30 - censure severely or angrily(verb.communication)Synonym:
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, scoldsource: wordnet30 - To scold; to clamor.(verb)source: webster1913
- To assail or abuse by scolding.(verb)source: webster1913
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