jowl
Plural: jowls
Noun
- The fleshy hanging part under the lower jaw.
- the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
- a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging)
- The jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible.
- A fold of fatty flesh under the chin, around the cheeks, or lower jaw (as a dewlap, wattle, crop, or double chin).
- The cheek; especially the cheek meat of a hog.
- A cut of fish including the head and adjacent parts
- A blow, bump, knock.
- The tolling of a bell; knell.
Verb
- To throw, dash, or knock.
- To knock, bump, strike against; hit, strike; peck at.
- To jolt or shake roughly; shake up, mix together.
- To rumble.
- To toll, knell.
Examples
- The intense Scrabble player’s JOWL twitched as he considered his crucial play.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English jawle, chawl, chavel (“jaw, jawbone”), from Old English ċeafl (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-West Germanic *kafl (“jaw, cheek”). The modern form (for expected chavel, chawl; still found dialectally) is influenced by jaw, which it is a partial doublet of.
Synonyms
jawbone, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla
Scrabble Score: 14
jowl: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordjowl: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
jowl: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary