jawbone
Noun
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Noun
jawbone (plural jawbones)
- The bone of the lower jaw; the mandible.
- Any of the bones in the lower or upper jaw.
- (singular or plural, musical instrument) A shaken musical instrument (an idiophone) made from the jawbone of an animal and shaken such that the teeth vibrate in their sockets to produce sound.
- (the bone of the lower jaw) inferior maxillary bone, lower jaw, mandible, submaxilla
- (any bone in the lower or upper jaw) dentary, dentary bone, maxilla
- French: mâchoire inférieure, mandibule
- Portuguese: mandíbula, queixo
- Russian: че́люстная кость
- Spanish: mandíbula
- French: mâchoire
- German: Kiefer, Kieferknochen
- Portuguese: mandíbula
jawbone (jawbones, present participle jawboning; past and past participle jawboned)
- To talk persistently in an attempt to persuade somebody to cooperate.
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