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Meaning:
Noun:
- A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard.
- A notch or opening.
- figuratively Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; especially plural, the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.
- Impudent or abusive talk.
- 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.
- One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
- slang Axle guard.
- The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
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Verb:
- informal To talk; to converse.
- intransitive To scold; to clamor.
- transitive or intransitive (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
- transitive To assail or abuse by scolding.
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