Definition of jaw

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • jaw is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 13
  • jaw is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 13
  • jaw is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 15

Definition of jaw


  • talk socially without exchanging too much information (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. chaffer
    2. chat
    3. chatter
    4. chew the fat
    5. chit-chat
    6. chitchat
    7. claver
    8. confab
    9. confabulate
    10. gossip
    11. natter
    12. shoot the breeze
    13. visit
  • censure severely or angrily (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. bawl out
    2. berate
    3. call down
    4. call on the carpet
    5. chew out
    6. chew up
    7. chide
    8. dress down
    9. have words
    10. lambast
    11. lambaste
    12. lecture
    13. rag
    14. rebuke
    15. remonstrate
    16. reprimand
    17. scold
    18. take to task
    19. trounce
  • talk incessantly and tiresomely (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. rattle on
    2. yack
    3. yack away
    4. yap away
  • chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth (verb)

    Examples

    1. He jawed his bubble gum

    Synonyms

    1. chew
    2. manducate
    3. masticate
  • holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object (noun)
  • the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth (noun)
  • the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth (noun)

See definition of jaw in Merriam Webster