Clues for the word "JAW"
We've had 161 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 345 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on February 04, 2026.
Definition of jaw
- n. - One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
- n. - Hence, also, the bone itself with the teeth and covering.
- n. - In the plural, the mouth.
- n. - Fig.: Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; esp., pl., the mouth or way of entrance; as, the jaws of a pass; the jaws of darkness; the jaws of death.
- n. - A notch or opening.
- n. - A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place; as, the jaw of a railway-car pedestal. See Axle guard.
- n. - One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them, as, the jaws of a vise, or the jaws of a stone-crushing machine.
- n. - The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
- n. - Impudent or abusive talk.
- v. i. - To scold; to clamor.
- v. t. - To assail or abuse by scolding.
Referring Clues
- Shoot the breeze
- Gossip
- Leno's got a big one
- Head bone
- Jabber
- Where a sock may go?
- Talk, talk, talk
- Hook target
- Long feature of a crocodile
- Talking point?
- Big part of a dinosaur skeleton
- Target of a punch, maybe
- What the teeth are connected to
- Paleontologist's discovery
- Chatter
- Part of a dinosaur find
- It may be cut by an uppercut
- Slugger's target
- Hinged apparatus
- Be windy
- Target of many a boxing blow
- Talk on and on, slangily
- Vise part
- Big part of a crocodile
- Wrench part
- Yak
- Word with bone or breaker
- Gab
- Bone or breaker beginner
- Incisor's locale
- Chew the fat
- A glass one is bad for a boxer
- Word after lantern or glass
- Boxer's target
- Jay Leno caricature feature
- Horseshoe-shaped bone
- Glass ___ (bad trait for a boxer)
- Moose ___, Saskatchewan
- Roundhouse's target
- Mandible
- Lowbacca, e.g.
- It may drop as one's amazement rises
- Converse, in slang
- Yak it up
- Talk
- Maxilla or mandible
- Chat
- Haymaker target
- Mandible locale
- Profile part
- Leno's protuberance
- Skull part
- Jabber vociferously
- Mandible site
- Uppercut target
- Body part right above the neck
- Vise feature
- A whale has a long one
- Hook connection point
- Powerful part of a crocodile
- The mandible is part of it
- Hook target, maybe
- Talk talk talk
- Talk talk talk
- Part of the head that moves when you talk
- Uppercut's target
- A python's is hinged
- Mouth part
- Mouth mover
- Leno's prominence
- Talk on and on
- Chatter away
- Mouth bone
- Jab target
- Argue
- Tyrannosaurus rex had a big one
- Bony facial feature
- Canine holder
- Facial feature
- Natter
- *It moves up and down when you talk
- Vise component
- Prominent crocodile feature
- Teeth setting
- Pliers part
- A boxer may have a glass one
- Moose ____
- Knockout punch target
- Dick Tracy has a square one
- Yackety-yak
- Skull section
- Talk at length
- What may drop in disbelief
- It's big on Leno
- Maxilla locale
- Pliers feature
- Skull bone
- Prattle
- Half of a vise
- Part of a 53-Down
- Vise gripper
- Excavation find
- Lower part of the face
- Chin bone
- Chatter at length
- It's got teeth
- Moose ___ ( Saskatchewan city )
- Mandible or maxilla
- Target of an uppercut
- Facial bone
- Part of the mouth
- Bone in the human face
- Use it to chew
- ___-droppingly bad
- Prominent Jay Leno feature
- Crocodile feature
- Bone with teeth
- Face part
- Might drop during Eddie Van Halen solo
- Talk of a singular shark movie?
- Natter - mandible
- Chatter, informally
- Gum setting
- Teeth holder
- Lower teeth bone
- Part of the skull
- Lower facial bone
- Bone the teeth are anchored in
- Glass ___ (boxer's liability)
- Boxer's "glass" body part
- Moose feature
- Toothy talk?
- Jowl
- Fossil find, sometimes
- Giant part of a T. rex skeleton
- Scary part of a T. rex
- Something with teeth
- Word after glass or square
- Hinged mouth part
- Part of the face
- Speaking part
- Something that may be dropped in shock
- Big part of a T. rex
- Half a pair of pliers
- Is there much talk of exercising it?
- Talk? Yes - to the point!
- Large shark bone
- Spread dirt around
- 4-Across holder
- Part of a skull
- Talk of a singular shark movie?
- Hinged part of the skull
- Tooth holder
- Big part of an alligator
- Bone in the mouth
- Target of an uppercut punch
- Mouth part with a hinge
- Giant part of a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton
- Mouth piece?
- Body part that can "drop"
- Prominent feature of a hippopotamus or crocodile
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - February 04, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 17, 2026
- Mindfood Daily - January 05, 2026
- LA Times - December 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - November 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 06, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 18, 2025
- New York Times - August 14, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 13, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 20, 2025
- Mirror Mini - June 07, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 29, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - May 10, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 17, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - March 24, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 10, 2025
- LA Times - January 23, 2025
- LA Times - January 16, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 02, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 23, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - September 12, 2024
- LA Times - September 10, 2024
- USA Today - September 04, 2024
- Mirror Mini - August 22, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 17, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - July 06, 2024
- LA Times - June 09, 2024
- USA Today - June 05, 2024
- LA Times - April 11, 2024
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