jawbone

• jaw bone
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jaw +‎ bone

jawbone (plural jawbones)

1. The bone of the lower jaw; the mandible.
2. Any of the bones in the lower or upper jaw.
3. (singular or plural, music) A shaken musical instrument (an idiophone) made from the jawbone of an animal and shaken such that the teeth vibrate in their sockets to produce sound.

• (the bone of the lower jaw): inferior maxillary bone, lower jaw, mandible, submaxilla
• (any bone in the lower or upper jaw): dentary, dentary bone, maxilla

• jawboneist

jawbone (third-person singular simple present jawbones, present participle jawboning, simple past and past participle jawboned)

1. To talk persistently in an attempt to persuade somebody to cooperate.