jowl
To knock, bump, strike againstTo knock, bump, strike against; hit, strike; peck at.
» He was so overweight that his jowls wobbled when he talked.
mccarras · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
5 senses(dialectal, transitive)To knock, bump, strike against; hit, strike; peck at.
(dialectal, transitive)To jolt or shake roughly; shake up, mix together.
(dialectal, transitive)To rumble.
(dialectal, transitive)To toll, knell.
(obsolete, transitive)To throw, dash, or knock.
Examples
1 sentencesHe was so overweight that his jowls wobbled when he talked.
Origin
From Middle English jawle, chawl, chavel (“jaw, jawbone”), from Old English ċeafl (“jaw, cFrom 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 jollen, chollen (“to knock, strike, batter; stagger”). Related to jow (“to knock, bump, ring”).
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Forms
jowls, jowling, jowled, jowledWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle