jaw
/dʒɔː/
US pronunciation
American sound/dʒɔː/
jaw
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US voice -> jaw
Myanmar meaning
(n) မေးရိုး။
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jaw / dʒↄ: / n
၁။ (က) [C usu pl ] မေးရိုး။ the upper/ lower jaw. (ခ) [sing] မေးရိုး။ a man with a strong square jaw ❍ The punch broke his jaw. ❍ HEAD
(ဂ) jaws [pl] ပါးစပ်။ The crocodile's jaws snapped shut. ❍ (fig ) escape from the jaws of (ie likely) death/ defeat.
၂။ jaws [pl] တောင်ကြားဝ။ ရေလက်ကြားအဝ။
၃။ jaws [pl] (ပြုတ်တူ၊ ကိုက်စသည်၏) ပါးစပ်။ ညှပ်။ the jaws of a vice. ❍ VICE
၄။ [C,U] (infml ) လေကန်ခြင်း။ အာရိုက်ခြင်း။ have a jaw about old times.
❏ one's jaw drops [IDM ] (infml ) ပါးစပ် အဟောင်းသား ဖြစ်သည်။ My jaw dropped when I saw how much lunch had cost.
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chin, jawbone, jowl, mouth, chops, abuse, babble, baste, berate, blame, blathering, bone, call on the carpet, censure, chat, chatter, criticize, gab, gossip, jabber, jawline, lecture, mandible, maxilla, muzzle, orate, orifice, prate, prattle, prattling, rail, rate, revile, run on, running on, scold, tongue-lash, upbraid, vituperate, yak
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