jaw
     n 1: the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth
          and holds the teeth
     2: the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to
        open it; the bones that hold the teeth
     3: holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing
        parts of a tool that close to hold an object [syn: {jaws}]
     v 1: talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the
          men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
          [syn: {chew the fat}, {shoot the breeze}, {chat}, {confabulate},
           {confab}, {chitchat}, {chatter}, {chaffer}, {natter}, {gossip},
           {claver}, {visit}]
     2: talk incessantly and tiresomely [syn: {yack}, {yack away}, {rattle
        on}, {yap away}]
     3: chew (food); "He jawed his bubble gum"; "Chew your food and
        don't swallow it!"; "The cows were masticating the grass"
        [syn: {chew}, {masticate}, {manducate}]
     4: censure severely or angrily; "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" [syn: {call on the carpet}, {rebuke},
        {rag}, {trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture}, {reprimand}, {dress
        down}, {call down}, {scold}, {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out},
         {remonstrate}, {chew out}, {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste},
         {lambast}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0