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jaw

noun as in bones of chin

Strongest matches

verb as in talk a lot

verb as in criticize

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Swedish footballer Rami Kaib was sidelined for weeks after breaking his jaw eating a carrot.

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The man’s jaw seems strong enough to break concrete, and his hair bounces around his head in coils.

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He tugged at the heavy whiskers that ran down both sides of his jaw.

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Lord Ashton’s jaw clenched in anger, which made his almost-pointed ears quiver in a frankly canine way.

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She sported the set jaw and formidably upright posture that every Swanburne graduate learned in a required class called A Swanburne Girl Knows How to Make Her Point.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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