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jaw

/d͡ʒoː/noun, verb1 syllable

Jaw means: censure severely or angrily.

Synonyms for jaw45

verb, as in censure severely or angrily

call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, lecture, reprimand, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate
and 5 more, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast

verb, as in talk socially without exchanging too much information

chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, claver, visit

verb, as in talk incessantly and tiresomely

yack, yack away, rattle on, yap away

verb, as in chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth

chew, masticate, manducate

also used for jaw

discourse, parley, common, conversate, converse, convo

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What does jaw mean?7

verb

1

censure severely or angrily“The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car”

2

talk socially without exchanging too much information“the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze”

3

talk incessantly and tiresomely

4

chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth“He jawed his bubble gum”

noun

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

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with jaw?14

one syllable

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two syllables

withdraw
Show 40 near rhymes
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Jaw in a sentence

  • As his eyes ran over the paper, his jaw fell.fjay69
  • The giraffe kicked the lioness quite severely, breaking her jaw.Amastan
  • Since the tooth is broken, how could the jaw work?AmarMecheri
  • The fossil organism had a distinctly sauroid skull, with long jaws and sharp teeth.rul
  • The punch on the jaw brought me to my knees.unknown
  • He got a broken jaw and lost some teeth.CK
  • He received a tremendous punch on the jaw from his opponent.unknown
  • The snake engulfs prey entirely by unhinging his jaw.Eccles17

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Forms of jaw

as a noun

plural
jaws

as a verb

past tense
jawed
present participle
jawing
third-person singular
jaws
past participle
jawed