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noun : JAWS
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth ;
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2. (
) the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth ;
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3. (
) holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object ;
verb : JAWS
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
- chew_the_fat ,
- shoot_the_breeze ,
- chat ,
- confabulate ,
- confab ,
- chitchat ,
- chit-chat ,
- chatter ,
- chaffer ,
- natter ,
- gossip ,
- jaw ,
- claver ,
- visit
) talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" ;
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2. (
) talk incessantly and tiresomely ;
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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" ;
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4. (
- 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
) 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" ;
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