jaws

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of jaw. Use this form when talking about more than one jaw.

   The crocodile's jaws snapped shut with tremendous force.

   He felt a dull ache in his jaws after the long dental visit.

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2. 2
   nouncountableplural

   The mouth, the part of the face used to eat and talk.

   Shut your jaws and let me finish speaking.

   He stuffed another sandwich into his jaws without pausing.

   Similarmouth, maw, trap

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3. 3
   nouncountableplural

   The edges of something that opens or grips like an open mouth.

   Like the two sides of an open mouth closing on something.

   The jaws of the canyon closed in on both sides of the trail.

   He set the metal bar between the jaws of the clamp.

   Similarmouth, neck

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4. 4
   verb

   The form of jaw used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.

   He jaws with the regulars at the diner every morning.

   She jaws on about her garden whenever a guest arrives.

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5. 5
   nouncolloquialcountable

   A person who likes to argue and take the opposite side.

   Like someone who always says no just because you said yes.

   Don't mind him. He's a real jaws who argues just to argue.

   Every meeting has one jaws insisting on the opposite of everyone else.

   Similarcontrarian, naysayer, dissenter, objector

   Oppositeconformist, yes-man

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