jaw
/d͡ʒɔ/ verb C2- To assail or abuse by scolding.
- To scold; to clamor.
- To talk; to converse.
- (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
He/she/it jaws · Past jawed · Past participle jawed · -ing form jawing
Verb forms
- Base form
- jaw
- He/she/it
- jaws
- Past
- jawed
- Past participle
- jawed
- -ing form
- jawing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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These tears ran slowly down his face and over the hinges of his jaw, and there they rusted.
In age he may have been about fifty, with a strong-jawed, rugged face, a grizzling moustache, peculiarly keen gray eyes, and a wiry, vigorous figure which had lost nothing of the strength and activity of youth.
Douglas’s jaw.
This malignant and terrible contortion, combined with the low forehead, blunt nose, and prognathous jaw gave the dead man a singularly simious and ape-like appearance, which was increased by his writhing, unnatural posture.
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