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What is the noun for jaw?

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jaw
  1. One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
  2. The part of the face below the mouth.
  3. (figuratively) Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; especially plural, the mouth or way of entrance.
  4. A notch or opening.
  5. A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.
  6. One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.
  7. (nautical) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
  8. (slang, dated) Impudent or abusive talk.
  9. (slang) Axle guard.
  10. (snooker) The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.
  11. Synonyms:
      12. jawbone, mandible, maxilla, jawline, jowl, chin, lower jaw, upper jaw, chops, choppers, mouth, dentary, cheek, chop, gill, dentary bone, wang, mentum, bone, submaxilla, dewlap, muzzle, inferior maxillary bone, endite, maxillary bone, lips, maw, gob, kisser, trap, yap, mug, piehole, cakehole, jaws, mush, bake, puss, bazoo, laughing gear, gab, beak, face, aperture, opening, ingress … more
  12. Examples:
      13. “A masculine jaw is heavier and squarer, whereas a feminine jaw curves from earlobe to chin.”
      “Both of them glared at him with looks that told him they'd like to punch him in the jaw.”
      “As we came into the jaws of the valley, it was obvious that at times a raging torrent flowed out of these eroded and mesa-topped hills.”
jaws
  1. plural of jaw
  2. (plural only) the mouth
  3. (plural only) the borders of anything which has a mouthlike aspect.
  4. (colloquial, eastern Ohio) a contrarian.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. muzzle, mouth, proboscis, snout, beak, nose, maw, schnozzle, conk, hooter, gob, chops, kisser, trap, bake, cakehole, lips, yap, mug, piehole, mush, puss, bazoo, laughing gear, gab, neb, schnozz, snoot, schnoz, honker, nozzle, smeller, trunk, nostrils, bill, nib, mandible, pecker, snitch, sniffer, bracket, bugle, whiffer, snuffer, adenoids, sneezer, horn, nares, olfactory nerves, clutches … more
jawing
  1. A scolding.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. chatter, gossip, talk, chat, gab, natter, blather, confab, prattle, confabulation, chitchat, jaw, palaver, rap, babble, gabfest, patter, jabber, blether, causerie, twaddle, backchat, cackle, conversation, schmooze, jangle, tattle, waffle, yabbering, yak, jabbering, rambling, chuntering, dialog, dialogue, colloquy, babbling, gas, twattle, discourse, nattering, wittering, gibbering, clack, prattling, rabbit, waffling, gabber, chinwagging, blathering … more
jawings
  1. plural of jawing
  2. Synonyms:
      3. chatters, gossip, talks, chat, gab, natters, blather, confabs, prattle, confabulation, chitchat, jaws, palavers, rap, babble, gabfests, patters, jabber, blethers, causeries, twaddle, backchat, cackles, conversation, schmoozes, jangles, tattle, waffles, yaks, jabbering, ramblings, dialogs, dialogues, colloquy, babblings, gases, discourse, natterings, witterings, gibberings, clacks, prattlings, rabbits, wafflings, gabbers, blatherings, bletherings, yammerings, yappings, yatterings … more
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