noun · rare

jowl

jowl · jowls

челюсть

Wange, Backe

The jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandibleThe jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible.

/d͡ʒaʊl/

» He was so overweight that his jowls wobbled when he talked.

Meaning

6 senses

The jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible.
Wange, Backe
че́люстьčéljustʹ
A fold of fatty flesh under the chin, around the cheeks, or lower jaw (as a dewlap, wattle, crop, or double chin).
a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging)
The cheek; especially the cheek meat of a hog.
A cut of fish including the head and adjacent parts
(dialectal)A blow, bump, knock.
(dialectal)The tolling of a bell; knell.

Examples

1 sentences

He was so overweight that his jowls wobbled when he talked.
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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English jawle, chawl, chavel (“jaw, jawbone”), from Old English ċeafl (“jaw, c

From Middle English jawle, chawl, chavel (“jaw, jawbone”), from Old English ċeafl (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-West Germanic *kafl (“jaw, cheek”). The modern form (for expected chavel, chawl; still found dialectally) is influenced by jaw, which it is a partial doublet of.

From Middle English cholle (“wattle, jowl”), from Old English ċeole (“throat”), from Proto-West Germanic *kelā, from Proto-Germanic *kelǭ (“gullet”) (compare Scots choll, West Frisian kiel, Dutch keel, German Kehle), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelu- (“to swallow”) (compare Old Irish in·gilid (“to graze”), Irish goile (“stomach”), Latin gula (“throat”), gluttiō (“to swallow”), Russian глота́ть (glotátʹ, “to swallow, gulp”), Ancient Greek δέλεαρ (délear, “lure”), Armenian կլանել (klanel, “to swallow”), Persian گلو (galu), Hindi गला (galā, “neck, throat”)).

From Middle English jollen, chollen (“to knock, strike, batter; stagger”). Related to jow (“to knock, bump, ring”).

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