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- [jaw-bohn]
- /ˈdʒɔˌboʊn/
- /ˈdʒɔː.bəʊn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [jaw-bohn]
- /ˈdʒɔˌboʊn/
Definitions of jawbone word
- noun jawbone a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible. 1
- noun jawbone the bone of the lower jaw; mandible. 1
- adjective jawbone Informal. obtained by or resorting to such a practice: jawbone controls. 1
- noun jawbone A bone of the jaw, especially that of the lower jaw (the mandible), or either half of this. 1
- noun jawbone mandible 1
- countable noun jawbone A jawbone is the bone in the lower jaw of a person or animal. 0
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Origin of jawbone
First appearance:
before 1480 One of the 25% oldest English words
First recorded in 1480-90; jaw1 + bone
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Jawbone
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
jawbone popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for jawbone
noun jawbone
- bone — Your bones are the hard parts inside your body which together form your skeleton.
- jaw — a swelling wave of water; billow.
- mandible — the bone of the lower jaw.
- maxilla — a jaw or jawbone, especially the upper.
- chin — Your chin is the part of your face that is below your mouth and above your neck.
verb jawbone
- persuade — to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- cajole — If you cajole someone into doing something, you get them to do it after persuading them for some time.
- entice — Attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage.
- induce — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- tease — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
Antonyms for jawbone
verb jawbone
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- repel — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
- turn off — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
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