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jaw·bone
(jô′bōn′)n.
A bone of the jaw, especially the bone of the lower jaw.
v. jaw·boned, jaw·bon·ing, jaw·bones Slang
v.tr.
To try to influence or pressure through strong persuasion, especially to urge to comply voluntarily.
v.intr.
To urge voluntary compliance with official wishes or guidelines.
jaw′bon′er n.
jaw′bon′ing n.
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jawbone
(ˈdʒɔːˌbəʊn)vb
US to try to persuade or bring pressure to bear (on) by virtue of one's high office or position, esp in urging compliance with official policy
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jaw•bone
(ˈdʒɔˌboʊn)n., v. -boned, -bon•ing. n.
1. any bone of a jaw, esp. a mandible.
v.t. 2. to influence by persuasion, esp. by public appeal.
[1480–90]
jaw′bon`ing, n., adj.
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jawbone
Past participle: jawboned
Gerund: jawboning
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| Noun | 1. |  jawbone - the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouthgnathion - the most inferior point of the mandible in the midline gonion - the craniometric point on either side at the apex of the lower jaw mandibular notch - small indentation in the middle of the lower jawbone pogonion - the craniometric point that is the most forward-projecting point on the anterior surface of the chin symphysion - the most forward point of the alveolar process of the mandible articulator - a movable speech organ condylar process, condyloid process, mandibular condyle - the condyle of the ramus of the mandible that articulates with the skull coronoid process of the mandible - the coronoid process that provides an attachment for the temporal muscle jaw - the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth lantern jaw - a long thin lower jaw |
| Verb | 1. | jawbone - talk idly or casually and in a friendly way chew the fat, chitchat, chit-chat, claver, confab, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, chat, chaffer, confabulate, gossip, chatter, visit - talk socially without exchanging too much information; "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze" |
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Translations
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jawbone
[ˈdʒɔːbəʊn]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
jawbone
[ˈdʒɔːbəʊn] n → maxillaire mjaw-dropping [ˈdʒɔːdrɒpɪŋ] (mainly British) adj (= amazing) → stupéfiant(e)jaw-droppingly [ˈdʒɔːdrɒpɪŋli] (mainly British) adv (= amazingly) → étonnammentCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
jawbone
n. hueso maxilar de la mandíbula.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
jawbone
n mandíbula inferior (form), mandíbula, quijadaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.