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jawbone

DEFINITIONS OF: jawbone

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n the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth

Synonyms:
jowl, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla
Types:
lantern jaw
a long thin lower jaw
Type of:
articulator
a movable speech organ
jaw
the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth

v talk idly or casually and in a friendly way

Synonyms:
schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze
Type of:
chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit
talk socially without exchanging too much information
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