jaw

Noun

• holding device consisting of one or both of the opposing parts of a tool that close to hold an object

• the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth

• the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth

Verb

• 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
    

• chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
  • He jawed his bubble gum
    
  • Chew your food and don't swallow it!
    
  • The cows were masticating the grass
    

• talk incessantly and tiresomely

• talk socially without exchanging too much information
  • the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  call on the carpet , take to task , rebuke , rag , trounce , reproof , lecture , reprimand , dress down , call down , scold , chide , berate , bawl out , chew , masticate , manducate , yack , yack away , rattle on , yap away