Jaw
noun
- 1.
- (either of the two bony parts that hold the teeth and frame the mouth, jawbone, lower part of the face, anything. like a jaw) ឆ្អឹងថ្គាម, ដង្កាប broken jaw ថ្គាម, in the jaws of death ជិត ឬហៀបនឹងស្លាប
- 2.
- ការពិភាក្សា
verb — past tense: jawed ; past participle: jawed ; present participle: jawing ;
- 1.
- (SLANG) (INTRANSITIVE) និយាយ
- 2.
- ពិភាក្សា
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- Impudent or abusive talk.
- 2.
- One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
- 3.
- Hence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering.
- 4.
- In the plural, the mouth.
- 5.
- (FIGURATIVE) Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.
- 6.
- A notch or opening.
- 7.
- A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal.
- 8.
- One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.
- 9.
- The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
verb — past tense: jawed ; past participle: jawed ; present participle: jawing ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To assail or abuse by scolding.
- 1.
- To scold, to clamor