jaw in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   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 
   
2. talk socially without exchanging too much information
   "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
   chew the fat  shoot the breeze  chat  confabulate  confab  chitchat  chit-chat  chatter  chaffer  natter  gossip  jaw  claver  visit 
   
3. 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"
   chew  masticate  manducate  jaw 
   
4. talk incessantly and tiresomely
   yack  jaw  yack away  rattle on  yap away 
   

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