DICTOMETER

JAWS

1. Synonyms:
   • Jaw
   Definitions:
   • the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Jaw
   Definitions:
   • the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it
   • the bones that hold the teeth
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Jaw
   Definitions:
   • holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Chew the fat
   • Shoot the breeze
   • Chat
   • Confabulate
   • Confab
   • Chitchat
   • Chit-chat
   • Chatter
   • Chaffer
   • Natter
   • Gossip
   • Jaw
   • Claver
   • Visit
   Definitions:
   • talk socially without exchanging too much information
   Examples:
   • The men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Yack
   • Jaw
   • Yack away
   • Rattle on
   • Yap away
   Definitions:
   • talk incessantly and tiresomely
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Chew
   • Masticate
   • Manducate
   • Jaw
   Definitions:
   • chew (food)
   • to bite and grind with the teeth
   Examples:
   • He jawed his bubble gum
   • Chew your food and don't swallow it!
   • The cows were masticating the grass
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Call on the carpet
   • Take to task
   • Rebuke
   • Rag
   • Trounce
   • Reproof
   • Lecture
   • Reprimand
   • Jaw
   • Dress down
   • Call down
   • Scold
   • Chide
   • Berate
   • Bawl out
   • Remonstrate
   • Chew out
   • Chew up
   • Have words
   • Lambaste
   • Lambast
   Definitions:
   • censure severely or angrily
   Examples:
   • 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