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jowl

1

[ joul, johl ]

noun

  1. a jaw, especially the lower jaw.
  2. the cheek.


jowl

2

[ joul, johl ]

noun

  1. a fold of flesh hanging from the jaw, as of a very fat person.
  2. the meat of the cheek of a hog.
  3. the dewlap of cattle.
  4. the wattle of fowls.

jowl

1

/ dʒaʊl /

noun

  1. fatty flesh hanging from the lower jaw
  2. a similar fleshy part in animals, such as the wattle of a fowl or the dewlap of a bull
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


jowl

2

/ dʒaʊl /

noun

  1. the jaw, esp the lower one
  2. often plural a cheek, esp a prominent one
  3. cheek by jowl
    See cheek
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • jowled, adjective
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Other Words From

  • jowled adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of jowl1

before 1000; Middle English chawl, chavell, Old English ceafl jaw; cognate with Dutch kevel, German Kiefer, Old Norse kjaptr

Origin of jowl2

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English cholle, Old English ceole “throat”; cognate with German Kehle “throat”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of jowl1

Old English ceole throat; compare Old High German kela

Origin of jowl2

Old English ceafl jaw; related to Middle High German kivel, Old Norse kjaptr
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Idioms and Phrases

see cheek by jowl .
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Example Sentences

Stuff any animal cheek-to-jowl into overly crowded pens and the oceans will fight back with rampant disease.

A new dimension of social anxiety opened up last week, when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention liberated the smiles, scowls and jowls of Americans with new guidance saying masks aren’t needed for those of us who are fully vaccinated.

They are places where people sit cheek to jowl, maybe sneezing, maybe coughing, maybe puking.

A lot of us who live in cities…we live cheek to jowl with the dead.

There are the best and the worst—all who can pay the price: the reformers cheek by jowl with the mayor and the Boss, by Jove!

This would be cheek-by-jowl with a bet that an heir would be born to one new-married pair before another pair.

The heavy jowl, the staring eye, and the blue-black moustache of the god made up a far-off resemblance to Mulvaney.

"I'll jowl your head for impudence," said Mrs. Morel, and she tied the strings of the black bonnet valiantly under her chin.

His agonised eyes, fear-stricken, glinted white in the moonlight, and there was foam on his jowl.

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