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Definition of Jawbone
1. Noun. The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth.
Terms within: Gnathion, Gonion, Mandibular Notch, Pogonion, Symphysion, Condylar Process, Condyloid Process, Mandibular Condyle, Coronoid Process Of The Mandible
Generic synonyms: Articulator, Jaw
Specialized synonyms: Lantern Jaw
Derivative terms: Mandibular
2. Verb. Talk idly or casually and in a friendly way. "Sam wants to jawbone with Sue "
Generic synonyms: Chaffer, Chat, Chatter, Chew The Fat, Chit-chat, Chitchat, Claver, Confab, Confabulate, Gossip, Jaw, Natter, Shoot The Breeze, Visit
Derivative terms: Schmoozer
Definition of Jawbone
1. n. The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.
Definition of Jawbone
1. Noun. The bone of the lower jaw, the mandible. ¹
2. Noun. Any of the bones in lower or upper jaw. ¹
3. Verb. To talk persistently to persuade a person or people to cooperate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jawbone
1. to attempt to convince [v -BONED, -BONING, -BONES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jawbone
Literary usage of Jawbone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Man Before Metals by Nicolas Joly (1889)
"Their doubts were principally due to the close resemblance which this jawbone
bears, physically and anatomically, to other inferior ..."
2. The Coal Resources of the Clintwood and Bucu Quadrangles, Virginia by Henry Hinds, Geological Survey (U.S.) (1916)
"jawbone coal bed. The jawbone coal bed commonly lies above a coarse, ... The bed
takes its name from jawbone Hollow, a tributary of Bull Run between ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1901)
"Then came the news that a human jawbone, supposed to be contemporary, had been
found in the gravel at Moulin Quignon, Abbeville. Prestwich went with some ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1863)
"On the Fossil Human jawbone recently discovered in the Gravel near Abbeville,"
in a Letter to the President, by WB CARPENTER, MD, VPRS Received April 16, ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1885)
"The mechanical perfection of the arrangement is completed by the great development
of the lower lip, which rises stiffly above the jawbone, and prevents the ..."
6. A Handbook of Scientific and Literary Bible Difficulties: Or, Facts and by Robert Tuck (1891)
"Moreover, the word translated " hollow," though it might represent the cavity in
an ass's jawbone, might also represent the hollow in a valley, ..."
7. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead by James George Frazer (1913)
"Sometimes the corpse and afterwards the skull and jawbone are preserved, not in
the house of the deceased, but in the oka or public canoe-house, ..."
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