The meaning of Jaws

noun

A place where people gather for conversation.

Usage examples:

So what is it that translates four walls and an eatery into an icon, an adda or a hangout?

verb

Talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

She began blathering on about spirituality and life after death

noun

Long-winded talk with no real substance.

Usage examples:

All the blather coming out of washington about crime

verb

Talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

There's plenty of stuff i could blether about from today

noun

Long-winded talk with no real substance.

Usage examples:

Some stupid blether about puns surrounding the beatles

noun

→  blather informal

verb

Talk in a friendly and informal way.

Usage examples:

She chatted to her mother on the phone every day

noun

An informal conversation.

Usage examples:

He dropped in for a chat

noun

A small old world songbird of the thrush family, with black, white, and brown coloration and a harsh call.

Usage examples:

Old world warblers and chats are an excellent representative system to test these hypotheses.

verb

Talk informally about unimportant matters.

Usage examples:

She was chattering about her holiday

noun

Informal talk.

Usage examples:

He was full of inconsequential but amusing chatter

verb

To talk continuously and usually for no serious purpose

Usage examples:

The boys and girls kept chattering during the movie., birds chattered in the trees., the printer wa…

noun

A chat.

Usage examples:

It was time they got together for a good old chinwag

verb

Have a chat.

Usage examples:

He sent her to chinwag with the chiefs

noun

A long and pleasant conversation between friends

Usage examples:

We had a good chinwag over a bottle of wine.

noun

An informal private conversation or discussion.

Usage examples:

The men clustered together for a quick confab

verb

Engage in informal private conversation.

Usage examples:

Peter was confabbing with a curly-haired guy

noun

An informal discussion, usually about one particular subject

Usage examples:

They had a quick confab to decide on a possible design.

noun

A formal meeting of people with a shared interest, typically one that takes place over several days.

Usage examples:

An international conference on the environment

verb

Take part in a conference or conference call.

Usage examples:

I conferenced with a senior analyst at the congressional research service

noun

A dessert pear of a firm-fleshed variety.

Usage examples:

Instead, opt for a locally grown cox, discovery or bramley apple - or a conference or williams pear.

noun

A talk, especially an informal one, between two or more people, in which news and ideas are exchanged.

Usage examples:

She picked up the phone and held a conversation in french

noun

An informal, usually private, talk in which two or more people exchange thoughts, feelings, or ideas, or in which news or information is given or discussed

Usage examples:

[ c ] we had a brief conversation friday., [ u ] the topic of conversation was college plans., he r…

noun

A discussion with someone about a particular subject

Usage examples:

Have a conversation we believe the company has the resources it needs, but if more is needed, we'll…

noun

A line on the surface of something along which it has split without breaking apart.

Usage examples:

A hairline crack down the middle of the glass

verb

Break or cause to break without a complete separation of the parts.

Usage examples:

The ice all over the bog had cracked

adjective

Very good or skilful.

Usage examples:

He is a crack shot

noun

A conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or film.

Usage examples:

The book consisted of a series of dialogues

verb

Take part in a conversation or discussion to resolve a problem.

Usage examples:

He stated that he wasn't going to dialogue with the guerrillas

noun

Conversation between the characters in a story, such as in a book or movie

Usage examples:

[ u ] oscar wilde’s plays are famous for their witty dialogue., [ c ] we have held a number of meet…

noun

The action or process of talking about something in order to reach a decision or to exchange ideas.

Usage examples:

The committee acts as a forum for discussion

noun

An act of giving one thing and receiving another (especially of the same kind) in return.

Usage examples:

Negotiations should lead to an exchange of land for peace

verb

Short for telephone exchange.

verb

To change something for something else of a similar value or type

Usage examples:

This shirt is too small – can i exchange it for one in a larger size?, before we left the meeting, …

verb

Talk in a rapid, excited way.

Usage examples:

Well, that's enough of me gabbering about myself

noun

A person who talks a great deal.

Usage examples:

Barristers earn their exorbitant fees by being gifted gabbers

noun

Someone who talks continuously and eagerly, especially about things that are not important

Usage examples:

Claire is a gabber who never stops talking., people who use public transport can bank on hearing mo…

noun

A substance or matter in a state in which it will expand freely to fill the whole of a container, having no fixed shape (unlike a solid) and no fixed volume (unlike a liquid).

Usage examples:

Hot balls of gas that become stars

adjective

Short for gasoline.

Usage examples:

We stopped for gas

noun

A form of matter that is neither solid nor liquid and can increase in size to fill any container

Usage examples:

We’re running low on gas., hundreds of thousands of soldiers were gassed in world war i.

noun

Casual or unconstrained conversation or reports about other people, typically involving details that are not confirmed as being true.

Usage examples:

He became the subject of much local gossip

verb

Engage in gossip.

Usage examples:

They would start gossiping about her as soon as she left

verb

Light informal conversation for social occasions

noun

A talk or discussion in which two people talk honestly and in a serious way about their feelings

Usage examples:

We had a good, heart-to-heart talk about where our relationship was heading.

noun

A bone of the jaw, especially that of the lower jaw (the mandible), or either half of this.

Usage examples:

In addition to the embryos and eye, the fossil find includes portions of a snout plus jawbones, sku…

verb

Use one's position or authority to pressure (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

The treasury could jawbone the banks into lending more to small businesses

noun

Either of the two bones that form the lower part of the mouth and face

noun

The jaw or a jawbone, especially the lower jawbone in mammals and fishes.

Usage examples:

The tongue is suspended from the inside of the mandible above the hyoid bone and has muscles with a…

noun

In a person or animal, the lower jaw bone

noun

The jaw or jawbone, specifically the upper jaw in most vertebrates. in humans it also forms part of the nose and eye socket.

Usage examples:

There are five large teeth on the maxillae (upper jaw bone), rather short canines, and at least twe…

noun

The upper jaw bone that supports the upper teeth and forms part of the eye sockets and nasal cavity

verb

Talk casually, especially on unimportant matters; chat.

Usage examples:

They nattered away for hours

noun

A casual and leisurely conversation.

Usage examples:

I could do with a drink and a natter

verb

To talk continuously for a long time without any particular purpose

Usage examples:

Once he starts nattering you just can't stop him., my mother and her friends natter away on the pho…

noun

A gregarious burrowing plant-eating mammal, with long ears, long hind legs, and a short tail.

Usage examples:

The chances of survival for south africa's most endangered mammal, the riverine rabbit, looks even …

verb

Hunt rabbits.

Usage examples:

Locate the area where you can go rabbiting

noun

A small animal with long ears and a short tail, that lives in holes in the ground

verb

Strike (a hard surface) with a series of rapid audible blows, especially in order to attract attention.

Usage examples:

He stood up and rapped the table

noun

A quick, sharp knock or blow.

Usage examples:

There was a confident rap at the door

noun

The smallest amount (used for emphasis).

Usage examples:

He doesn't care a rap whether it's true or not

verb

Speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings; converse or communicate by spoken words.

Usage examples:

The two men talked

noun

Communication by spoken words; conversation or discussion.

Usage examples:

There was a slight but noticeable lull in the talk

noun

A private conversation between two people

Usage examples:

A romantic tête-à-tête