jaw

jaw (http://definr.com/jaw)

     n 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]
     v 1: chew the fat; shoot the breeze [syn: 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"; "check" is archaic [syn: rebuke, rag,
         trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, dress down,
         scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, {chew
        out}, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast]