jawbone
IPA: dʒˈɔboʊn
noun
- (countable) The bone of the lower jaw; the mandible.
- (countable) Any of the bones in the lower or upper jaw.
- (countable, singular or plural, music) 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.
- (uncountable, slang, archaic) Credit.
verb
- To talk persistently in an attempt to persuade somebody to cooperate.
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Examples of "jawbone" in Sentences
- Also covering the line of the jawbone.
- It is only known from a lower jawbone.
- The hood ornament was a horse's jawbone.
- No one wants to jawbone for the shear thrill.
- The instrument is a modern version of the jawbone.
- For example, there is Sampson with the jawbone of an ass.
- That band then changed into the equally no commercial Jawbone.
- The most spectacular range in the Jawbones is the Grossbergen.
- If it is completely encased in the jawbone, it is a bony impaction.
- In cremation urns, the coin sometimes adheres to the jawbone of the skull.