jawbone

jaw·bone  (jôbn)

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.

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jawboner n.

jawboning n.

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jawbone [ˈdʒɔːˌbəʊn]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a nontechnical name for mandible or (less commonly) maxilla

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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jawbone - the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth jowl, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla gnathion - 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 schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, 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"

Translations

jawbone [ˈdʒɔːbəʊn]

A. N [of person] → mandíbula f; [of animal] → quijada f

B. VT (US) → presionar, ejercer presión sobre

jawbone [ˈdʒɔːbəʊn] n → maxillaire m
jaw-dropping [ˈdʒɔːdrɒpɪŋ] (mainly British) adj (= amazing) → stupéfiant(e)
jaw-droppingly [ˈdʒɔːdrɒpɪŋli] (mainly British) adv (= amazingly) → étonnamment

jawbone [ˈdʒɔːˌbəʊn] n → mandibola