jaw

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

1. talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"

synset: chew_the_fat, shoot_the_breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit

2. talk incessantly and tiresomely

synset: 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"

synset: 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"

synset: call_on_the_carpet, take_to_task, rebuke, rag, trounce, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress_down, call_down, scold, chide, berate, bawl_out, remonstrate, chew_out, chew_up, have_words, lambaste, lambast

Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

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