Jawbone

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A bone of the jaw, especially the bone of the lower jaw.
  • v. To try to influence or pressure through strong persuasion, especially to urge to comply voluntarily.
  • verb-intransitive. To urge voluntary compliance with official wishes or guidelines.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The bone of the lower jaw; the mandible.
  • n. Any of the bones in the lower or upper jaw.
  • v. To talk persistently in persuasion of one or more people to cooperate.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The bone of either jaw; a maxilla or a mandible.
  • v. To attempt to influence solely by talking, as contrasted with threatening or inducing by other means, e.g. legislation; esp. to make public appeals in order to influence the behavior of businessmen or labor leaders; -- used especially of the President or other high government officials.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Any bone of the jaws, as a maxillary or mandibular bone; especially, a bone of the lower jaw.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
  • n. the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
    • Verb Form
    jawboned    jawbones    jawboning   
    Hypernym
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    Form
    jawboned    jawboning   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    maxilla    mandible   
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