Main entry: jaw
Definition: holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
Main entry: jaw
Definition: the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
Main entry: jaw
Definition: the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth
Main entry: call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, rag, rebuke, scold, dress down, take to task, trounce, have words, lambast, lambaste, lecture, jaw, berate, bawl out
Definition: censure severely or angrily
Usage: 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
Main entry: rattle on, jaw, yack, yack away, yap away
Definition: talk incessantly and tiresomely
Main entry: visit, jaw, gossip, natter, chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, shoot the breeze, confab, confabulate
Definition: talk socially without exchanging too much information
Usage: the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
Main entry: chew, jaw, manducate, masticate
Definition: chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
Usage: He jawed his bubble gum; Chew your food and don't swallow it!; The cows were masticating the grass