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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jaw \Jaw\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Jawed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jawing}.]
1. To scold; to clamor. [Law] --Smollett.
2. To talk idly, long-windedly, or without special purpose. [PJC]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jaw \Jaw\ (j[add]), noun [A modification of chaw, formed under the influence of F. joue the cheek. See {Chaw}, {Chew}.]
1. (Anat.) (a) One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth. (b) Hence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering. (c) In the plural, the mouth.
2. Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death. --Shak.
3. (Mach.) (a) A notch or opening. (b) A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See {Axle guard}. (b) One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.
4. (Naut.) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
5. Impudent or abusive talk. [Slang] --H. Kingsley.
Syn: lip.
{Jaw bit} (Railroad), a bar across the jaws of a pedestal underneath an axle box.
{Jaw breaker}, a word difficult to pronounce. [Obs.]
{Jaw rope} (Naut.), a rope which holds the jaws of a gaff to the mast.
{Jaw tooth}, a molar or grinder; a back tooth.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Jaw \Jaw\, verb (used with an object) To assail or abuse by scolding. [Law]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
jaw
noun
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 [syn: {jaws}]
verb
1: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" [syn: {chew the fat}, {shoot the breeze}, {chat}, {confabulate}, {confab}, {chitchat}, {chatter}, {chaffer}, {natter}, {gossip}, {claver}, {visit}]
2: talk incessantly and tiresomely [syn: {yack}, {yack away}, {rattle on}, {yap away}]
3: chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass" [syn: {chew}, {masticate}, {manducate}]
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" [syn: {call on the carpet}, {rebuke}, {rag}, {trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {dress down}, {call down}, {scold}, {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate}, {chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
94 Moby Thesaurus words for "jaw": 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, gibber, gibble-gabble, go on, gob, gossip, gush, haver, jabber, jaws, jowls, kisser, lip, lips, load with reproaches, mandibles, maw, maxilla, mouth, mug, mush, muzzle, natter, oral cavity, palaver, patter, pour forth, prate, prattle, premaxilla, rag, rail, rail at, ramble on, rate, rattle, rattle on, rave against, reel off, revile, run on, sass, sauce, shoot the breeze, spiel, spout, spout off, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, thunder against, tittle-tattle, tongue-lash, trap, twaddle, twattle, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, waffle, wig, yak, yakkety-yak, yap, yell at, yelp at
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