jaws

jaw

J0022700 (jô)n.1. a. Either of two bony or cartilaginous structures that in most vertebrates form the framework of the mouth and hold the teeth.b. The mandible or maxilla or the part of the face covering these bones.c. Any of various structures of invertebrates that have an analogous function to vertebrate jaws.2. Either of two opposed hinged parts in a mechanical device.3. jaws The walls of a pass, canyon, or cavern.4. jaws A dangerous situation or confrontation: the jaws of death.5. Slang a. Impudent argument or back talk: Don't give me any jaw.b. A conversation or chat.intr.v. jawed, jaw·ing, jaws Slang 1. To talk vociferously; jabber.2. To talk; converse.

[Middle English jawe, jowe, perhaps from Old French joue, cheek.]

jaw′less adj.

jaws

(dʒɔːz) pl n1. (Physical Geography) the narrow opening of some confined place such as a gorge2. the jaws a dangerously close position: the jaws of death.

Translations

Jaws

What does it mean when you dream about jaws?

Some dream interpreters believe that jaws signify the gates to the underworld. Jaws in a dream can also indicate a bad meal, spiritual indigestion, or a bad mix of food that produces an old-fashioned “nightmare.”

Jaws

box office sensation about a killer shark (1975). [Am. Cinema: Halliwell, 380]See: Horror

JAWS

Acronym	Definition
JAWS➣Job Access With Speech
JAWS➣Java and Web Services
JAWS➣Java Web Start
JAWS➣Java Applets with Safety
JAWS➣Journalism and Women Symposium
JAWS➣Japan Animal Welfare Society (various locations)
JAWS➣Japan Anthropology Workshop (Australia)
JAWS➣Journal of Asian Women's Studies (Japan)
JAWS➣Joint Airport Weather Studies
JAWS➣Joint Advanced Warfighting School (Norfolk, Virginia)
JAWS➣Just Another Windows Shell
JAWS➣JAGC (Judge Advocate General Corps) Warfighting System
JAWS➣Jaffe Warp Score (baseball)
JAWS➣Juneau Airport Wind System
JAWS➣Jamming And Warning System
JAWS➣JMEM/Air-To-Surface Weaponeering System
JAWS➣Joint Attack Weapons System
JAWS➣Joint Analytic Warfare Systems
JAWS➣Japanese Animation Watchers Society (Calgary, Alberta)
JAWS➣Judge Advocate Warfighting System
JAWS➣Joint Automated Worksheets
JAWS➣Joint All Weather System
JAWS➣Joint Anti-Armor Weapon System
JAWS➣Jammer Analysis Workstation (US Air Force)
JAWS➣Joint Analytic Worldwide System
JAWS➣Joint Air Weapons System