dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/jaw_MW.json

{
  "jaw":{
    "antonyms":[
      "baste",
      "bawl out",
      "berate",
      "call down",
      "castigate",
      "chastise",
      "chew out",
      "dress down",
      "flay",
      "hammer",
      "keelhaul",
      "lambaste",
      "lambast",
      "lecture",
      "rag",
      "rail (at ",
      "rant (at)",
      "rate",
      "ream (out)",
      "rebuke",
      "reprimand",
      "reproach",
      "scold",
      "score",
      "tongue-lash",
      "upbraid"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a friendly chat":[],
      ": a position or situation in which one is threatened":[
        "rode into the jaws of danger"
      ],
      ": a space lying between or as if between open jaws":[
        "escaped from out of the jaws of the whale"
      ],
      ": any of various organs of invertebrates that perform the function of the vertebrate jaws":[],
      ": either of two complex cartilaginous or bony structures in most vertebrates that border the mouth, support the soft parts enclosing it, usually bear teeth on their oral margin, and are an upper that is more or less firmly fused with the skull and a lower that is hinged, movable, and articulated with the temporal bone of either side \u2014 compare mandible , maxilla":[],
      ": either of two or more opposable parts that open and close for holding or crushing something between them":[],
      ": one of the sides of a narrow pass or channel":[],
      ": something resembling the jaw of an animal: such as":[],
      ": the parts constituting the walls of the mouth and serving to open and close it":[
        "\u2014 usually used in plural"
      ],
      ": to talk especially abusively, indignantly, or long-windedly":[
        "jawing with the referee"
      ],
      ": to talk to in a scolding or boring manner":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "He broke his upper jaw .",
      "the jaws of a tiger",
      "the jaws of a vise",
      "Verb",
      "The coach was jawing with the referee.",
      "She was on the phone jawing with her sister all night.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "This monumental sculpture of four U.S. presidents, each of their faces a jaw -dropping 60-feet tall, turned a remote area of a remote state into a beloved symbol of the national narrative. \u2014 Fox News , 29 June 2022",
      "Amazon\u2019s fashion markdowns peak during Prime Day, but there are some jaw -dropping deals going on right now in virtually every department. \u2014 Jake Smith, Glamour , 27 June 2022",
      "High-energy yet calming, bold yet timeless, this jaw -dropping bedroom designed by Brian J. McCarthy is serious goals. \u2014 Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful , 23 June 2022",
      "During a time when Instagrammable experiences are prized, the company found that jaw -dropping rentals tend to generate the most interest\u2014and the most income for hosts. \u2014 Anne Quito, Quartz , 23 June 2022",
      "Highlights from my trip included Southold Farm + Cellar, where the wine tastings are paired with delicious small plates in a glass building overlooking jaw -dropping views of the hills. \u2014 Travel + Leisure , 18 June 2022",
      "The first time the stage swung around, my jaw dropped at seeing all those people. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 3 June 2022",
      "When Fleenor noticed that Hedley had a Bob Wills tattoo on the back of his hand, her jaw dropped. \u2014 Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "When numismatist John Kraljevich of Fort Mill, South Carolina opened a box containing a unique solid gold medal that an auction house asked him to authenticate, his jaw dropped. \u2014 CBS News , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Americans stand to lose more than a congenial place to jaw with one another while buying food and hardware, said Audrey Yoder, who co-owns the Yoder Store with her husband Paul off South Kropf Road near Molalla. \u2014 Tom Henderson | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "The two continued to jaw at each other in the penalty box, and Tkachuk again showed his hands to a referee. \u2014 Mike Brehm, USA TODAY , 29 Nov. 2021",
      "Fans who are used to jaw -dropping quarterback play would have to get used to average play from a middling veteran or inconsistent play from Love. \u2014 Tom Silverstein, USA TODAY , 4 May 2021",
      "Both players were eventually separated, though the bad blood spilled into the postgame locker room, as both players continued to jaw at each other. \u2014 Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY , 4 May 2021",
      "When the Battle of Ohio\u2019s venue is at Paul Brown Stadium on Oct. 25, more Browns and Bengals fans will be able to jaw at each other. \u2014 Cameron Fields, cleveland , 8 Oct. 2020",
      "Bertin and Forbes ditch most of the gumshoes, sending just a pair of them (Pauline, jut- jawed Brennan) on a fresh and equally loopy adventure. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Feb. 2020",
      "Yasiel Puig, who had just been traded to the Indians, continued to jaw at Pirates players as he was being pulled away from the dugout. \u2014 Alaa Abdeldaiem, SI.com , 30 July 2019",
      "With the Clippers leading by 17 points - their largest lead at 65-48 in the second quarter - Ben McLemore shoved Patrick Beverley from behind and Beverley shoved him back before Russell Westbrook pulled them apart after both had been jawing plenty. \u2014 Jill Painter Lopez, Houston Chronicle , 20 Dec. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1748, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8j\u022f"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "backchat",
      "cackle",
      "causerie",
      "chat",
      "chatter",
      "chin music",
      "chin-wag",
      "chitchat",
      "confab",
      "confabulation",
      "gab",
      "gabfest",
      "gossip",
      "jangle",
      "natter",
      "palaver",
      "patter",
      "rap",
      "schmooze",
      "small talk",
      "table talk",
      "talk",
      "t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-115227",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "jaw clutch":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": claw clutch":[],
      ": dog clutch":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084220",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jaw crusher":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a machine for crushing rock or ore between two heavy steel jaws":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104816",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jaw drops":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": someone's mouth opens in a way that shows he or she is very surprised or shocked":[
        "His jaw dropped when he heard who had won."
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-042909",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "jaw-dropper":{
    "antonyms":[
      "unsurprising"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": causing great surprise or astonishment":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1980, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8j\u022f-\u02ccdr\u00e4-pi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "amazing",
      "astonishing",
      "astounding",
      "blindsiding",
      "dumbfounding",
      "dumfounding",
      "eye-opening",
      "flabbergasting",
      "jarring",
      "jolting",
      "shocking",
      "startling",
      "stunning",
      "stupefying",
      "surprising"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084040",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jaw-dropping":{
    "antonyms":[
      "unsurprising"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": causing great surprise or astonishment":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1980, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8j\u022f-\u02ccdr\u00e4-pi\u014b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "amazing",
      "astonishing",
      "astounding",
      "blindsiding",
      "dumbfounding",
      "dumfounding",
      "eye-opening",
      "flabbergasting",
      "jarring",
      "jolting",
      "shocking",
      "startling",
      "stunning",
      "stupefying",
      "surprising"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-085944",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jawbreaking":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": difficult to pronounce":[
        "a foreign city with a jawbreaking name"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-114320",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "jawed":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": having jaws":[
        "jawed fishes",
        "\u2014 usually used in combination square- jawed a three- jawed chuck"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "When Yzerman announced him at the draft, Seider sat slack- jawed and wide-eyed a moment before standing and hugging his mother. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
      "The man, whose identity was unknown, was also seen throwing roses in the museum gallery to slack- jawed guests. \u2014 Chron , 30 May 2022",
      "With that little cliffhanger keeping us slack- jawed , there's little question Netflix is hoping to green-light a season 4. \u2014 ELLE , 14 Apr. 2022",
      "That\u2019s about four hours a day of being sedentary, slack- jawed , and glassy-eyed. \u2014 Krista Langlois, Outside Online , 19 Jan. 2021",
      "Our favorite detail on the Star is the rear cargo area, which opens in an explosion of panels and hatches like some sort of double- jawed alien, only with the goal of providing a cozy tailgating spot, not eating your face. \u2014 Elana Scherr, Car and Driver , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "In performance and in paintings, Monkman, 57, morphs into Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, strapping and strong- jawed , lipsticked and rouged, striding on stilettos through epic landscapes that allude to works by 19th-century Romantics. \u2014 New York Times , 17 Feb. 2022",
      "Being a brown-haired, chisel- jawed , 25-year-old model who comfortably fits within longstanding beauty standards helps. \u2014 Allure , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "The most adventurous among cultured Parisians, in turn, hummed Tchaikovsky and watched slack- jawed as Nijinsky danced. \u2014 Brian T. Allen, National Review , 24 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1529, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8j\u022fd"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164224",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "jawfish":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a fish of the percoid family Opisthognathidae comprising tropical marine fishes with a single dorsal fin, a single lateral line, and very large mouth":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041324",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jawfoot":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": maxilliped":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191131",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jawhole":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": sewer , cesspool":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "jaw entry 4 + hole":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-113853",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jawless fish":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": any of the taxonomic group (Agnatha) of primitive vertebrates without jaws including cyclostomes and extinct related forms \u2014 compare bony fish , cartilaginous fish":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "So Holmes and his colleagues looked at nearly 190 creatures in other vertebrate classes \u2014 from jawless fish such as lampreys, which have changed little from their evolutionary ancestors, to reptiles such as turtles. \u2014 Giorgia Guglielmi, Scientific American , 5 Apr. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1941, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-121901"
  }
}