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jowl

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Noun

  1. The jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible.
  2. A fold of fatty flesh under the chin, around the cheeks, or lower jaw (as a dewlap, wattle, crop, or double chin).
  3. The cheek; especially the cheek meat of a hog.
  4. A cut of fish including the head and adjacent parts
  5. A blow, bump, knock.
  6. The tolling of a bell; knell.

Verb

  1. To throw, dash, or knock.
  2. To knock, bump, strike against; hit, strike; peck at.
  3. To jolt or shake roughly; shake up, mix together.
  4. To rumble.
  5. To toll, knell.

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