Jaw
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[n] holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
[n] the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
[n] the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
[v] 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"; "check" is archaic
[v] talk incessantly and tiresomely
[v] chew the fat; shoot the breeze
[v] chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"
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Synonyms
bawl out, berate, chaffer, chat, chatter, chew, chew out, chew up, chide, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, dress down, gossip, have words, jaws, lambast, lambaste, lecture, manducate, masticate, natter, rag, rattle on, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand
Related Terms
abuse, babble, bark at, baste, bat the breeze, bazoo, beat the gums, berate, betongue, blab, blabber, blacken, blather, blether, carpet, chaps, chat, chatter, chin, chops, clack, clatter, dither, embouchure, execrate, fulminate against, gab, gabble, gas,