jawbone en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle English jawe bone, a partial calque of earlier Middle English chawlbone, chawylbon, chavylbone, chawle boon, chavyl bon (“jaw bone”, literally “chavel bone”), see chavel-bone; equivalent to jaw + bone.
Meanings
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(countable) The bone of the lower jaw; the mandible.
14 ¶ And when he came vnto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily vpon him, and the cordes that were vpon his armes became as flaxe that was burnt with fire, & his bands loosed from off his hands. 15 And he found a new iawbone of an asse, and put foorth his hand, and tooke it, and slewe a thousand men therewith. 16 And Samson said, With the iawbone of an asse, heapes vpon heapes, with the iaw of an asse haue I slaine a thousand men. 17 And it came to passe when he had made an end of speaking, that hee cast away the iaw bone out of his hand, and called that place Ramath-Lehi.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 15:14–17:
- (countable) Any of the bones in the lower or upper jaw.
- (countable, plural, singular) 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.
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(archaic, slang, uncountable) Credit.
We have a few persons whose pockets are to let—men who have more complaints than dollars—individuals who, in digger's parlance, live on jawbone (credit), and are always to be found at saloons; a class of men who, when they are here, wish themselves yonder, and when yonder, wish themselves back.
1862 October 21, Times Correspondent:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| chawe bone | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| jaw bone | alternative | lexicographic | |
| jaw-bone | alternative | lexicographic | |
| chaw-bone | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| chawbone | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| jawbones | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
jawbonist · jawboner · jawboneist
Synonyms
dentary (any bone in the lower or upper jaw) · maxilla (any bone in the lower or upper jaw) · submaxilla (the bone of the lower jaw) · mandible (the bone of the lower jaw) · lower jaw (the bone of the lower jaw) · inferior maxillary bone (the bone of the lower jaw) · dentary bone (any bone in the lower or upper jaw)
Translations (68)
kmr cêlefek (any of the bones in the jaw) · sv käkben (any of the bones in the jaw) · sh чељуст (bone of the lower jaw) · wa mashale (any of the bones in the jaw) · gl mandíbula (bone of the lower jaw) · gd pìos ìosal a' ghuib (bone of the lower jaw) · af kakebeen (any of the bones in the jaw) · gd peirceall (any of the bones in the jaw) · dsb crjono (bone of the lower jaw) · gl queixo (bone of the lower jaw) · wa badjawe (bone of the lower jaw) · ja 顎骨 (bone of the lower jaw) · mel tuleang ingaih (any of the bones in the jaw) · es mandíbula (bone of the lower jaw) · ms rahang bawah (bone of the lower jaw) · el γνάθος (any of the bones in the jaw) · ka ყბის ძვალი (bone of the lower jaw) · gl queixada (bone of the lower jaw) · ko 턱뼈 (any of the bones in the jaw) · sh čeljust (bone of the lower jaw) · pt mandíbula (bone of the lower jaw) · de Kiefer (any of the bones in the jaw) · ms tulang pengancing (any of the bones in the jaw) · hu állkapocscsont (bone of the lower jaw) · nl kaaksbeen (any of the bones in the jaw) · pl żuchwa (bone of the lower jaw) · rsk видлїцова косц (bone of the lower jaw) · ru че́люстная кость (bone of the lower jaw) · sv underkäksben (bone of the lower jaw) · yi קינביין (bone of the lower jaw) · ms tulang bercagak (any of the bones in the jaw) · taa -yatth'ena' (bone of the lower jaw) · sw utaya (bone of the lower jaw) · ru че́люсть (bone of the lower jaw) · pl szczęka (any of the bones in the jaw) · bsb ajai (any of the bones in the jaw) · fi alaleuanluu (bone of the lower jaw) · fi leukaluu (bone of the lower jaw) · cy genogl (bone of the lower jaw) · gl queixada (any of the bones in the jaw) · rsk видлїцова косц (any of the bones in the jaw) · tr çene kemiği (bone of the lower jaw) · ko 거흠 (any of the bones in the jaw) · dsb crjono (any of the bones in the jaw) · el κάτω γνάθος (bone of the lower jaw) · tl sihang (bone of the lower jaw) · tya wereya (bone of the lower jaw) · grc σιαγών (bone of the lower jaw) · mn эрүүний яс (bone of the lower jaw) · fr mâchoire (any of the bones in the jaw) · pl dolna szczęka (bone of the lower jaw) · ca mandíbula (bone of the lower jaw) · ta தாடை (bone of the lower jaw) · pt mandíbula (any of the bones in the jaw) · de Kieferknochen (any of the bones in the jaw) · wa djawe (any of the bones in the jaw) · ka ყბის ძვალი (any of the bones in the jaw) · fr mandibule (bone of the lower jaw) · uli chilyewal’ (bone of the lower jaw) · fi leuan luu (any of the bones in the jaw) · fr mâchoire inférieure (bone of the lower jaw) · pt queixo (bone of the lower jaw) · ms tulang rahang (bone of the lower jaw) · wa babetch (bone of the lower jaw) · hu állkapocscsont (any of the bones in the jaw) · ms tulang rahang (any of the bones in the jaw) · ms mandibel (bone of the lower jaw) · cmn 顎骨 /颚骨 (bone of the lower jaw)