JAW
ADJECTIVES
► ANDY-GUMP JAWED having a jaw that sticks out prominently → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BOW-JAWED having a prominently projecting lower jaw → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BOX-JAWED having a prominent lower jaw → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CHIN-HAPPY having a lower jaw that sticks out prominently → 1970 Amer. dial.
► CHUFFLE-JAWED having large or full jaws → 1950 Amer. dial.
► CROSS-MOUTHED having a jaw slanting aside → 1966 Amer. dial.
► FLOP-JAWED having a prominent lower jaw → 1966 Amer. dial.
► GAB-SHOT having the lower jaw projecting beyond the upper one → 1900 Sc. obs.
► GAMSY long-jawed; with projecting lower jaw → 1929 Sc.
► GANGIE having a projecting jaw → 1835 Sc.
► GIMBER-JAWED ► JIMBER-JAWED having a protruding, loose, or crooked lower jaw → 1830 Amer. dial.
► HAMED-JAWED having a lower jaw that sticks out prominently → 1968 Amer. dial.
► HAM-JAWED having a lower jaw that sticks out prominently → 1968 Amer. dial.
► HAMMERJAWED having a lower jaw that sticks out prominently → 1966 Amer. dial.
► HAWK-JAWED having a prominent lower jaw → 1966 Amer. dial.
► IRON-JAWED having a very strong or prominent jaw → 1883 Amer. dial.
► JET-JAWED having a protruding jaw → 1968 Amer. dial.
► JIMMER-JAWED having a protruding, loose, or crooked lower jaw → c1960 Amer. dial.
► JIMMY-JAWED having a protruding, loose, or crooked lower jaw → 1893 Amer. dial.
► JIP-JAWED having a protruding, loose, or crooked lower jaw → 1952 Amer. dial.
► JUBAJAWED having a lower jaw that sticks out prominently → 1969 Amer. dial.
► JUMBLE-JAWED having a lower jaw that sticks out prominently → 1965 Amer. dial.
► LOP-JAWED having a protruding lower jaw → 1966 Amer. dial.
► LUMP-JAWED having a swollen face or jaw; having a prominent jaw → 1967 Amer. dial.
► LUMPY-JAWED having a swollen face or jaw; having a prominent jaw → 1967 Amer. dial.
► MOOSE-JAWED having a prominent lower jaw → 1967 Amer. dial.
► MUFFER-JAWED having large or fleshy jaws → 1966 Amer. dial.
► MUFFLE-JAWED having large or fleshy jaws → 1922 Amer. dial.
► PAN-CHAFTED having the lower jaw projecting further outward than the upper → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► POOCH-JAWED having jaws protruding at the sides → 1942 Amer. dial.
► TUT-MOUTHED having a projecting under jaw → 1538
► UNDERHANGING having a prominent lower jaw → 1865
► WABBLE-JAWED having a protruding or misshapen lower jaw → 1919 Amer. dial.
► WAMPUS-JAWED having a swollen jaw → 1950 Amer. dial.
► WAPPER of a jaw: projecting, warped → a1825 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► WAPPER-JAWED having a protruding or otherwise misshapen lower jaw → 1836 Amer. dial.
► WAPPLE-JAWED having a protruding or misshapen lower jaw → 1854 Amer. dial.
► WHANKER-JAWED having a protruding lower jaw → 1966 Amer. dial.
► WHAPPER-JAWED having a protruding or otherwise misshapen lower jaw → 1899 Amer. dial.
► WHAPPLE-JAWED having a protruding or misshapen lower jaw → 1853 Amer. dial.
► WHOMPER-JAWED ► WOMPER-JAWED of a person: having a protruding or otherwise misshapen lower jaw → 1927 Amer. dial.
► WHOMPNY-JAWED of a person: having a protruding or otherwise misshapen lower jaw → 1967 Amer. dial.
► WHOPPER-JAWED ► WOPPER-JAWED having a protruding or otherwise misshapen lower jaw → 1905 Amer. dial.
► WOBBLE-JAWED having a protruding or misshapen lower jaw → 1885 Amer. dial.
► WOMPY-JAWED of a person: having a protruding or otherwise misshapen lower jaw → 1965 Amer. dial.
► WOPPLE-JAWED having a protruding or misshapen lower jaw → 1883 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► ANDY GUMP CHIN a conspicuously receding chin; an unusual chin or jaw → 1968 Amer. dial.
► AXLE-HEAD the back portion of the jaw which contains the molars or ‘axle-teeth’ → 1881 Eng. dial.
► BOX CHIN a square or prominent jaw → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CHEEK the jaw; a jawbone → 1000 obs.
► CHEEK BLADE either side of the jawbone → 1535 obs.
► CHEEK BONE a jawbone → 1000 obs.
► CHEEK LAP the jaw, a jawbone → 1382 obs.
► CHOPS the jaws → 1899 Amer. dial.
► FANGS the mouth; the jaws → 1950s sl.
► GAB-TREES the jaws → 1728
► GAM the lips, jaw → 1843 Sc.
► GANGE a projecting or drooping lower jaw → 1835 Sc.
► GANS the gums; also, the jaws → 1824 Sc. obs.
► GLASS JAW a conspicuously weak jaw, which breaks or fractures when hit and loses its possessor their fights → 1910s US sl., orig. boxing usage
► HAFFETS the jaws; the undersides of the jaw → 1869 Eng. dial.
► HAPSBURG ► HAPSBURG CHIN ► HAPSBURG JAW a long jaw; a jaw that sticks out prominently → 1966 Amer. dial.
► IRON JAW a prominent jaw → 1968 Amer. dial.
► JABBER the jaw → Bk1902 Eng. dial.
► JACKDAW a jaw → M19 rhyming sl.
► JAWING-TACKLE the jaws, mouth, etc., as used in speaking → 1859
► JAW-TACKLE the muscles of the jaws; the mouth, etc., as employed in talking → 1831 sl.
► JIMBERJAW a protruding lower jaw → 1889 Amer. dial.
► JIPPER-JAW a protruding lower jaw → 1889 Amer. dial.
► LANTERN-JAWS long thin jaws giving a hollow appearance to the cheek → 1711
► MASTICATORS the teeth or jaws → 1694 jocular
► MAW the human mouth; the throat; the gullet; the jaws → 1791 Sc. & Eng. & Amer. dial.
► MOOSE JAW a large or protruding jaw → 1967 Amer. dial.
► MUNS the jaws, the jowls, the face → 1667 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
► NETHER-CHAFTS the lower jaw → 1736 Sc. obs.
► POINT the jaw → 1925 Amer. prizefighting usage
► RAKE the throat, the jaws → c825 obs.
► UNDER-CHAP the lower jaw → 1607
► WAPPER-JAW ► WHAPPER-JAW a protruding or misshapen lower jaw; also, a nickname for someone having such a jaw → 1850 Amer. dial.
► WHOPPER-JAW a protruding or misshapen lower jaw; also, a nickname for someone having such a jaw → 1886 Amer. dial.
► WHOPPLE-JAW a protruding or misshapen lower jaw; a nickname for a person having such a jaw → 1893 Amer. dial.
► WOBBLE-JAW a protruding or misshapen lower jaw; a nickname for a person having such a jaw → 1952 Amer. dial.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ANDY GUMP CHIN ironically, a person with a prominent jaw → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GANGY a person having a projecting jaw → 1835 Sc.
► GIBFACE an ugly person, esp. one with a heavy lower jaw → Bk1860 sl.
► WAPPER-JAW ► WHAPPER-JAW a nickname for someone having a misshapen lower jaw → 1850 Amer. dial.
► WHOPPER-JAW a protruding or misshapen lower jaw; also, a nickname for someone having such a jaw → 1886 Amer. dial.
► WHOPPLE-JAW a protruding or misshapen lower jaw; a nickname for a person having such a jaw → 1893 Amer. dial.
► WOBBLE-JAW a protruding or misshapen lower jaw; a nickname for a person having such a jaw → 1952 Amer. dial.
VERBS
► YATTER of the jaws or teeth: to rattle against one another; to chatter, under the influence of cold or fear, or when one is talking volubly → 1923 Sc.