Definitions for jawbone

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jawbone jaw·bone

Spelling: [jaw-bohn]

IPA: /ˈdʒɔˌboʊn/

Jawbone is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 122 anagrams from letters in jawbone (abejnow).

Definitions for jawbone

noun

1. a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.
2. the bone of the lower jaw; mandible.

adjective

1. Informal. obtained by or resorting to such a practice:

verb (used with or without object)

1. Informal. to attempt to influence or pressure by persuasion rather than by the exertion of force or one's authority, as in urging voluntary compliance with economic guidelines:

Origin of jawbone

First recorded in 1480-90; jaw¹ + bone

Examples for jawbone

Mr. Lesueur made a drawing of this jawbone, which is deposited in the library.

From my neck to my temples, there is a throbbing soreness on both sides of my face, all radiating from the hinge of my jawbone.

You wear a FitBit Flex, jawbone Up, or Nike Fuel Band on your wrist, and go about your normal day.

Abel is stricken with a jawbone and dieth; Cain casteth him into a ditch.

The latter is made from the jawbone of a whale and is extremely heavy.

Sure, your cubicle mate, neighbor, and aunt all own a Fitbit or jawbone fitness tracker.

There is Samson belaboring the Philistines with the jawbone of an ass.

But they have not officially confirmed whether or not the jawbone is even human, let alone if it belongs to the missing girl.

Then, like a twist in a pulp thriller, the jawbone washed up on shore in Aruba.

The jawbone is prominent (partly on account of the drying up of the flesh).