jawed

14 6.1

An animal with parts of the mouth that bite and chew

adjective
/dʒɔd/

Specialized

: de mandíbula

Many people admire the rugged, strong-jawed appearance of mountain climbers.
slack-jawed

But listen, you need to know that not all girls like a square jawed billionaire or MMA muscle head, right?

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Examples

We waited for the jutting-jawed and quite overweight specimen to have his say.

Fiction book (2000)
The President looked smaller than he did on television, but that square-jawed face was recognizable anywhere.

Fiction book (1998)
Under a wave of golden hair, his square-jawed face was clean-shaven.

Fiction book (1999)
You really want these strong-jawed philanderers on your squad?

Fired Up! (2009)
The lantern-jawed founder of fascism took advantage of the political unrest in Italy after World War I.

Death of a Nation (2018)
Its towering body was armored with wide green plates, its great-jawed head topped with a saw-toothed crimson crest.

Fiction book (2002)
The strong-jawed lion roared fiercely as it defended its territory.
The square-jawed actor was known for his powerful performances in action films.

Antonyms

jawless

Specialized

1 7.2

An animal that does not have a jaw

Compounds

square-jawed

3 5.3

Having a wide jaw that makes the face look square

lantern-jawed

Archaic

1 8.9

A person with a long thin face and a jaw that sticks out

long-jawed

Specialized

7.9

Having a longer mouth or face than similar animals

Surface Forms

jawed positive

Morphology

jawed = jaw (transparent) = jaw + ed

Regular adjectival formation from the noun 'jaw' with '-ed' meaning 'having jaws', a direct and productive derivation.

Etymology

The word jawed is made from jaw and the ending -ed, so it simply means 'having a jaw' or 'with a certain kind of jaw'. Think of jaw as in jawbone, the bone around the mouth, which is why we call animals jawed when they have those mouth bones.