jowl
1a jaw, especially the lower jaw.
the cheek.
Origin of jowl
1Other words from jowl
- jowled, adjective
Other definitions for jowl (2 of 2)
a fold of flesh hanging from the jaw, as of a very fat person.
the meat of the cheek of a hog.
the dewlap of cattle.
the wattle of fowls.
Origin of jowl
2- Also jole [johl] /dʒoʊl/
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How to use jowl in a sentence
But there was one thing they could do that even Torkleson and his fat-jowled crew would understand.
Meeting of the Board | Alan Edward NourseThe fashionable cafés and restaurants are thronged with puffy, heavy-jowled men and women, eating and drinking.
Think | Col. Wm. C. HunterBut Larry could not miss the intellectuality marking his heavy-jowled face; the keenness of his dark-eyed gaze.
Astounding Stories, June, 1931 | VariousSwinton, watching, saw consternation pall the heavy-jowled face of the Prussian.
The Three Sapphires | W. A. FraserA heavy jowled man in a soiled apron brought two big mugs of beer and retired on felt-slippered feet.
The Moonlit Way | Robert W. Chambers
British Dictionary definitions for jowl (1 of 2)
/ (dʒaʊl) /
the jaw, esp the lower one
(often plural) a cheek, esp a prominent one
cheek by jowl See cheek (def. 7)
Origin of jowl
1Derived forms of jowl
- jowled, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for jowl (2 of 2)
/ (dʒaʊl) /
fatty flesh hanging from the lower jaw
a similar fleshy part in animals, such as the wattle of a fowl or the dewlap of a bull
Origin of jowl
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with jowl
see cheek by jowl.
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