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Meaning of jaw

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  jaw
      n 1: the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth
           and holds the teeth
      2: the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open
         it; the bones that hold the teeth
      3: holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing
         parts of a tool that close to hold an object
      v 1: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
           men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn:
           {chew the fat}, {shoot the breeze}, {chat}, {confabulate},
           {confab}, {chitchat}, {chit-chat}, {chatter}, {chaffer},
           {natter}, {gossip}, {jaw}, {claver}, {visit}]
      2: talk incessantly and tiresomely [syn: {yack}, {jaw}, {yack
         away}, {rattle on}, {yap away}]
      3: 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" [syn: {chew}, {masticate},
         {manducate}, {jaw}]
      4: 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" [syn: {call on the carpet}, {take to task},
         {rebuke}, {rag}, {trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture},
         {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress down}, {call down}, {scold},
         {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate}, {chew out},
         {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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