jawbone
pronunciation
How to pronounce jawbone in British English:
UK [ˈdʒɔ:bəʊn]
How to pronounce jawbone in American English:
US [ˈdʒɔboʊn]
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- Noun:
- the lower jawbone in vertebrates; it is hinged to open the mouth
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- Verb:
- talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
Word Origin
- jawbone (n.)
- mid-15c., from jaw (n.) + bone (n.). Hence jawboning "lecturing, hectoring," a term associated with the U.S. Lyndon Johnson presidential administration (1966); compare jaw (v.).
Example
- 1. The problem with studying humanity 's fossil record is that it is so sparse : a jawbone here ; a braincase there .
- 2. It was also possible that the jawbone had been found by humans and its teeth used to make a necklace , he said .
- 3. The jawbone from which he had the crucial dna extracted is now back with the rest of the unknown sailor 's remains , and there are provisional plans to bury the man in geraldton .
- 4. Fragments of hitler 's skull and jawbone are still in russia , according to interfax .
- 5. How would he know if we added the jawbone to his skeleton ?