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jaw


jaw - noun

  • 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
  • holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object

    • jaw - verb

    • talk socially without exchanging too much information
    • talk incessantly and tiresomely
    • chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
    • censure severely or angrily

    jaw - thesaurus

    berate   chaffer   chat   chatter   chew   chide   chitchat   claver   confab   confabulate   gossip   lambast   lambaste   lecture   manducate   masticate   natter   rag   rebuke   remonstrate   reprimand   reproof   scold   trounce   visit   yack  

    Scrabble score for jaw

    j is 8 a is 1 w is 4
    Scrabble score = 13

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