All jaw synonyms
jaw
J j noun jaw
- chin β Your chin is the part of your face that is below your mouth and above your neck.
- jawbone β a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.
- jowl β a fold of flesh hanging from the jaw, as of a very fat person.
- mouth β Anatomy, Zoology. the opening through which an animal or human takes in food. the cavity containing the structures used in mastication. the structures enclosing or being within this cavity, considered as a whole.
- chops β the jaws or cheeks; jowls
- mandible β the bone of the lower jaw.
- maxilla β a jaw or jawbone, especially the upper.
- bone β Your bones are the hard parts inside your body which together form your skeleton.
- muzzle β the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
- orifice β an opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouthlike opening or hole; mouth; vent.
verb jaw
- babble β If someone babbles, they talk in a confused or excited way.
- chat β When people chat, they talk to each other in an informal and friendly way.
- chatter β If you chatter, you talk quickly and continuously, usually about things which are not important.
- gab β to talk or chat idly; chatter.
- gossip β idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
- jabber β rapid, indistinct, or nonsensical talk; gibberish.
- lecture β a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
- orate β Make a speech, especially pompously or at length.
- prate β to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble: They prated on until I was ready to scream.
- prattle β to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
- yak β a loud, hearty laugh.
- criticise β criticize
- criticize β If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
- abuse β Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
- baste β If you baste meat, you pour hot fat and the juices from the meat itself over it while it is cooking.
- berate β If you berate someone, you speak to them angrily about something they have done wrong.
- blame β If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
- censure β If you censure someone for something that they have done, you tell them that you strongly disapprove of it.
- rail β any of numerous birds of the family Rallidae, that have short wings, a narrow body, long toes, and a harsh cry and inhabit grasslands, forests, and marshes in most parts of the world.
- rate β the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation: a high rate of interest on loans.
- revile β to assail with contemptuous or opprobrious language; address or speak of abusively.
- scold β to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
- upbraid β to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
- vituperate β to berate or rail (against) abusively; revile
- call on the carpet β (chiefly US) To reprimand; to censure severely or angrily.
- tongue-lash β to reprimand severely; scold
general jaw
- run on β melted or liquefied: run butter.
- blathering β foolish, voluble talk: His speech was full of the most amazing blather.