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jaw
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English jawe, jowe, geowe, alteration of *chawe (in early Modern English chawe, chaw), from Proto-Germanic *kaw? (compare Middle Dutch kauwe (“fish jaw”), kouwe (“mouth cavity”), dialectal German Käu, Keu (“jaw, donkey jowl”)), gradation-variant of *kew? (compare Old English ??an (pl.) ‘gills’, West Frisian kiuw (“gill”), Dutch kieuw (“gill”)), noun from Proto-Germanic *kewwan? (compare English chew). More at chew. Alteration probably influenced by Middle English jolle, chaul (“jowl”), which it replaced (see jowl).
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: jô?, IPA(key): /d????/
- (US) enPR: jô, IPA(key): /d???/
- (cot–caught merger), IPA(key): /d???/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
jaw (plural jaws)
- One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
- The part of the face below the mouth.
- (figuratively) Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; especially plural, the mouth or way of entrance.
- A notch or opening.
- A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.
- One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.
- (nautical) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
- (slang, dated) Impudent or abusive talk.
- 1869, Henry Kingsley, Silcote of Silcotes
- Give me the boy, now, and no more of your jaw. I am going to take the boy home with me.
- 1869, Henry Kingsley, Silcote of Silcotes
- (slang) Axle guard.
- (snooker) The curved part of the cushion marking the entry to the pocket.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- chin
Verb
jaw (third-person singular simple present jaws, present participle jawing, simple past and past participle jawed)
- (transitive) To assail or abuse by scolding.
- 1933, Ethel Lina White, The Spiral Staircase (Some Must Watch), Chapter 4, [1]
- He built the Summit, so as to have no neighbours. And Lady Warren couldn't abide It. She was always jawing him about it, and they had one awful quarrel, in his study.
- 1933, Ethel Lina White, The Spiral Staircase (Some Must Watch), Chapter 4, [1]
- (intransitive) To scold; to clamor.
- 1748, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Roderick Random, Chapter 24, [2]
- […] he waked him, which put him in a main high passion, and he swore woundily at the lieutenant, and called him lousy Scotch son of a whore […] , and swab, and lubber, whereby the lieutenant returned the salute, and they jawed together fore and aft a good spell, till at last the captain turned out, and, laying hold of a rattan, came athwart Mr. Bowling's quarter: whereby he told the captain that, if he was not his commander, he would heave him overboard […]
- 1748, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Roderick Random, Chapter 24, [2]
- (intransitive, informal) To talk; to converse.
- 1952, C. S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Collins, 1998, Chapter 5,
- Today the beastly boat is level at last and the sun’s out and we have all been jawing about what to do.
- 1952, C. S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Collins, 1998, Chapter 5,
- (snooker, transitive, intransitive) (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
Etymology 2
Uncertain, see Jew's harp for more.
Adjective
jaw (not comparable)
- (used in certain set phrases like jaw harp, jaw harpist and jaw's-trump)
North Frisian
Pronoun
jaw
- your (second personal pronoun plural possessive)
See also
- jam
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jaf/
Noun
jaw f
- genitive plural of jawa
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vaw
English
Noun
vaw (plural vaws)
- Alternative form of vav
Anagrams
- W. Va., W.Va.
Bintulu
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(ma-)baq??u, from Proto-Austronesian *(ma-)baq??uh.
Adjective
vaw
- new (recently made or created)
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