JAWBONE | • jawbone n. (Countable) The bone of the lower jaw; the mandible. • jawbone n. (Countable) Any of the bones in the lower or upper jaw. • jawbone n. (Countable, singular or plural, music) A shaken musical instrument (an idiophone) made from the jawbone… |
RAWBONE | • rawbone adj. Alternative form of rawboned. • RAWBONE adj. (Spenser) having little flesh, also RAWBONED. |
JAWBONED | • jawboned v. Simple past tense and past participle of jawbone. • jawboned adj. (In combination) Having a specified kind of jawbone. • JAWBONE v. to lecture or scold. |
JAWBONER | • jawboner n. One who jawbones, or attempts to persuade. • JAWBONER n. one who engages in jawboning, i.e. governmental urging of industry to accept wage restraints etc. |
JAWBONES | • jawbones n. Plural of jawbone. • jawbones v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jawbone. • jaw-bones n. Plural of jaw-bone (alternative form of jawbones). |
RAWBONED | • rawboned adj. (Of a person) thin and bony; having prominent bones; gaunt. • raw-boned adj. Not plump or muscular; thin so that the outline of bones may be seen; gaunt. • RAWBONED adj. having little flesh. |
SAWBONES | • sawbones n. (Slang) A surgeon. • SAWBONES n. (colloquial) a surgeon. |
JAWBONERS | • jawboners n. Plural of jawboner. • JAWBONER n. one who engages in jawboning, i.e. governmental urging of industry to accept wage restraints etc. |
JAWBONING | • jawboning v. Present participle of jawbone. • jawboning n. Persistent persuasive talk. • JAWBONING n. governmental urging of industry to accept wage restraints etc. |
JAWBONINGS | • jawbonings n. Plural of jawboning. • JAWBONING n. governmental urging of industry to accept wage restraints etc. |
SAWBONESES | • sawboneses n. Plural of sawbones. • SAWBONES n. (colloquial) a surgeon. |