Chops vs Jaw - What's the difference?
chops | jaw |
English plurals
(plurale tantum) The mouth, jaws or jowl.
(plurale tantum, music, informal) A wind instrument player's embouchure.
(plurale tantum, informal, chiefly, music) One's skill at musical interpretation and delivery; musical performance ability.
(plurale tantum, informal) One's skill at any endeavor.
(plurale tantum, nautical) The area where two tides meet and cause an irregular (choppy) sea.
(plurale tantum, juggling) A pattern that involves carrying the object with the hand over the next object before throwing it.
(chop)
One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.
The part of the face below the mouth.
(figuratively) Anything resembling the jaw of an animal in form or action; especially plural, the mouth or way of entrance.
A notch or opening.
A notched or forked part, adapted for holding an object in place.
One of a pair of opposing parts which are movable towards or from each other, for grasping or crushing anything between them.
(nautical) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast.
(slang, dated) Impudent or abusive talk.
(slang) Axle guard.
To assail or abuse by scolding.
To scold; to clamor.
(informal) To talk; to converse.
(snooker, transitive, intransitive) (of a ball) To stick in the jaws of a pocket.
As nouns the difference between chops and jaw
is that chops is plural of lang=enCategory:English plurals while jaw is one of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.As verbs the difference between chops and jaw
is that chops is third-person singular of chop while jaw is to assail or abuse by scolding.chops
English
Noun
(head)- Although the bass player had no experience playing in New Orleans, the crowd's enthusiastic response showed that he had the chops to make it in the very particular Crescent City jazz scene.
- Although he did not know all of the ins and outs of the newsroom, he had the writing chops to become a regular contributor.
Derived terms
* (juggling) reverse chopsVerb
(head)- He chops wood all day.
See also
*jaw
English
(wikipedia jaw)Noun
(en noun)- His jaw dropped in amazement.
- the jaws''' of a pass; the '''jaws''' of darkness; the '''jaws of death.
- the jaw of a railway-car pedestal.
- the jaws''' of a vise; the '''jaws of a stone-crushing machine.