as in talks
friendly, informal conversation or an instance of this
now that he's retired, he's got all afternoon for a jaw with his friends at the senior center
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as in scolds
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
you don't have to jaw me to death just because I bite my nails
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as in chats
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
just a group of girls sitting around the locker room and jawing about the usual stuff
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Recent Examples of jaws
Pete Hammond, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
Yet the Nasdaq is back within 3% of its former peak, opening the jaws wide on its chart against bitcoin.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2025
Facing Russia’s pitiless attacks in Ukraine and a White House seemingly hungry for quick, rather than just, peace, Europe’s lifeboat for Ukraine – one clawed back from the jaws of division and delay – promises an emboldened friend to Kyiv in the uncertain months ahead.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
By pursuing peace at what appears to be almost any price—including at the cost of making significant concessions to Russia—the United States risks strengthening an adversary and allowing Putin to grasp victory from the jaws of certain strategic defeat.
—Sergey Radchenko, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2025
The crocodile was seen swimming with the dead canine clamped between its jaws on Monday, per WESH.
—Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 3 Nov. 2025
Hahn and Jeff Glaid, the WGFD biologist who conducted the study, told a room full of anglers in 2024 that if regulations didn’t change, and hooking injuries to fish — like bottom jaws torn off and severe scarring — continued, the department would have to start restocking in earnest.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
Through much trial and error, Flores was able to teach himself how to program the skeletons to move their jaws and heads in time with prerecorded dialogue or songs of his choosing.
—Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
The vipers closed their jaws to inject the venom only when their fangs were comfortably in place.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
Therefore Primate and its promising central character turns more into a typical slasher flick, repeatedly knocking off the swimsuit-wearing teens one by one, his specialty being yanking out jaws and other bloody grossouts.
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Sometimes, that means a staff member sits near the enclosure and talks to them or reads a book to them.—
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The organization puts on talks and networking events for women of color in Sacramento, and solicits sponsorships from companies like AT&T and the California Faculty Association.—
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Governance scolds are appalled by the number, as is the pope.—
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Woke scolds and anti-woke dolts alike objected to the image of Carpenter kneeling in front of a man who appears to be using her hair as a leash.—
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Host Mary Louise Kelly chats with national security correspondent Greg Myre and books and culture reporter Andrew Limbong about some of their favorite books and authors in the world of espionage fiction.—
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Jason Bateman chats with David Letterman at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles for a new episode of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction.—
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Famed for launching Downton Abbey, the network has been courting sale interest for well over a year, but for all the industry chatter and press speculation, ITV’s silence has been stony.—
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In the case of Copeland, has noted that his name has not even been brought up within WWE, even with the online chatter.—
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The same government that lectures Beijing about state capitalism and nonmarket behaviors now practices it at home.—
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But Andres Bernal, a political analyst who lectures at the City University of New York, thinks many young voters look at Cuomo's history of controversy and are reminded of the Democratic Party establishment that has left them disillusioned.—
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Epstein converses with Summers Larry Summers, Clinton’s Treasury secretary and the director of the National Economic Council under former President Obama, corresponded with Epstein numerous times via email.—
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When the table talk turns political, Hagains suggests shifting your approach instead of your mood.—
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Each monthly box includes three recipe guides, skill lessons, a kitchen tool, a kitchen project, an apron patch, table talk cards, and a grocery list.—
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In January, love arrives through honest conversations and meaningful exchanges that go far beyond small talk.—
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The guy in the back seat with me was just, like, trying to strike up small talk.—
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“Jaws.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jaws. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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