| jaw | (noun) holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object | - |
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| (noun) the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth | - |
| (noun) the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth | - |
| (verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information | Synonyms: chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, natter, shoot the breeze, visit |
| (verb) censure severely or angrily | Synonyms: bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce |
| (verb) talk incessantly and tiresomely | Synonyms: rattle on, yack, yack away, yap away |
| (verb) chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth | Synonyms: chew, manducate, masticate |
| lockjaw | (noun) an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages | Synonyms: tetanus |
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