jawbone

Plural: jawbones

Noun

• the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
• The bone of the lower jaw; the mandible.
• Any of the bones in the lower or upper jaw.
• A shaken musical instrument (an idiophone) made from the jawbone of an animal and shaken such that the teeth vibrate in their sockets to produce sound.
• Credit.

Verb

• talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
• To talk persistently in an attempt to persuade somebody to cooperate.
• (especially of regulatory agencies) To try to persuade (someone) through implied threats of punitive action, such as tighter regulatory control.
• -BONED, -BONING, -BONES to attempt to convince

Synonyms

jowl, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze, submaxilla, dentary, dentary bone, inferior maxillary bone, maxilla