jowl

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

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

Verb

To throw, dash, or knock.

Verb

1. (dialectal, transitive) To knock, bump, strike against; hit, strike; peck at.
2. (dialectal, transitive) To jolt or shake roughly; shake up, mix together.
3. (dialectal, transitive) To rumble.
4. (dialectal, transitive) To toll, knell.

Sinonieme

jaw

cheek

double chin

mandible

lower jaw

mandibular bone

jawbone

submaxilla

lower jawbone

chin

mandibula

snout

buccula

underjaw

blister

lower mandible

chap

cheek pouch

chop

craw

crop

fleshy

gill

goitre

gorge

meaty

Vertalings

guancia

mascella

mâchoire

bajoue

σαγόνι

quijada

Wange

μάγουλο

wang

mandíbula

Kiefer

mandibola

Backe

kaak

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/d͡ʒəʊl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: jawle

Geërf van Old English: ċeafl

Geërf van Middle English: cholle

Geërf van Old English: ċeole

Verwante met Skots: choll

Verwante met Fries: kiel

Verwante met Nederlands: keel

Verwante met Duits: Kehle

Verwante met Old Irish: in·gilid

Verwante met Iers: goile

Verwante met Latyn: gula

Verwante met Russies: глота́ть

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: δέλεαρ

Verwante met Armeens: կլանել

Verwante met Persies: گلو

Verwante met Hindi: गला

In summary

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.