jowl in English
- jowl⇄jowl (1), noun.
1. the jaw, especially the underjaw.
Ex. fat jowls rolling over his collar.
2. the cheek.
Ex. jowls puffed out by a mouthful of popcorn. - jowl⇄jowl (2), noun.
1. a fold of flesh hanging from the jaw.
2. the dewlap of cattle.
3. the wattle of a fowl. - jowl⇄jowl (3), noun.
the head and adjacent parts of a fish, as of the salmon and sturgeon. - jowl⇄jowl (4), verb, noun.
(British and Scottish Dialect.) - jowl⇄noun 1. a knock; bump.
2. a stroke of a bell. - jowl⇄v.i. 1. to strike; knock; peck.
2. to jolt along.
3. to toll, as a bell does. - jowl⇄v.t. 1. to strike, knock, bump, or dash.
Ex. That skull ... how the knave jowls it to the ground (Shakespeare).
2. to shake or jolt.
3. to toll or ring (a bell).