jawbone

English

Etymology

jaw + bone

Noun

Wikipedia jawbone (plural jawbones)

1. The bone of the lower jaw; the mandible.
2. Any of the bones in the lower or upper jaw.

Synonyms

• (the bone of the lower jaw) inferior maxillary bone, lower jaw, mandible, submaxilla
• (any bone in the lower or upper jaw) dentary, dentary bone, maxilla

Translations

bone of the lower jaw

• Finnish: alaleuanluu (fi), leukaluu (fi)
• Greek: κάτω γνάθος (el) (káto gnáthos) f
• Russian: челюстная кость (ru) (čéljustnája kostʹ) f, челюсть (ru) (čéljustʹ) f
• Scottish Gaelic: pìos ìosal a' ghuib (gd) m

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чељуст (sh) f

  Roman: čeljust (sh) f

• Spanish: mandíbula (es) f
• Swedish: underkäksben (sv)

any of the bones in the jaw

• Dutch: kaaksbeen n
• Finnish: leukaluu (fi), leuan luu
• German: Kiefer (de) m
• Greek: γνάθος (el) (γnáθos) f

• Hungarian: állkapocscsont (hu)
• Korean: 턱뼈 (teok-ppyeo), 거흠 (geoheum) (obsolete)
• Scottish Gaelic: peirceall m
• Swedish: käkben (sv) n

Verb

jawbone (third-person singular simple present jawbones, present participle jawboning, simple past and past participle jawboned)

1. To talk persistently in persuasion of one or more people to cooperate.

Translations

to persuade

• Finnish: puhua ympäri (fi)