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PRONUNCIATION OF GLASS JAW

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLASS JAW

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Glass jaw is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GLASS JAW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of glass jaw in the English dictionary

The definition of glass jaw in the dictionary is a jaw that is excessively fragile or susceptible to punches.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLASS JAW

glass
glass can
glass case
glass ceiling
glass door
glass eye
glass factory
glass fibre
glass harmonica
glass slipper
glass snake
glass string
glass wool
glass-blower
glass-blowing
glass-maker
glass-making
glass-worker
glasscloth
glasscutter

WORDS THAT END LIKE GLASS JAW

crackjaw
jaw
lantern jaw
lockjaw
lower jaw
lumpy jaw
open-jaw
phossy jaw
rubber jaw
stickjaw
underjaw
upper jaw

Synonyms and antonyms of glass jaw in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «glass jaw» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GLASS JAW

Find out the translation of glass jaw to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of glass jaw from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «glass jaw» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

玻璃下巴
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mandíbula de cristal
570 millions of speakers

English

glass jaw
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कांच जबड़े
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الزجاج الفك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стекло челюсть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vidro mandíbula
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাচের চোয়াল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mâchoire de verre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rahang kaca
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Glas Kiefer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ガラスの顎
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유리 턱
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rahang kaca
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kính hàm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கண்ணாடி தாடை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काचेच्या जबडा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çene
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vetro mascella
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szczęka szkła
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скло щелепу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sticlă maxilarului
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γυάλινο σαγόνι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

glas kakebeen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

glas käken
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

glass kjeve
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of glass jaw

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GLASS JAW»

The term «glass jaw» is regularly used and occupies the 107.834 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GLASS JAW» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about glass jaw

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLASS JAW»

Discover the use of glass jaw in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to glass jaw and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Allusions
glass jaw 226 glass jaw Vulnerability (as of a boxer) to knockout punches. A person's or institution's critical point of weakness. It's an ACHILLES HEEL. The term comes from boxing: a fighter who could not withstand a blow to the chin was said ...
Elizabeth Webber, Mike Feinsilber, 1999
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Glass Jaw: Fragile Reputations in an Age of Instant Scandal
GLASS JAW is a manifesto for these times, written by crisis management warhorse Eric Dezenhall who has spent three decades inside of some of the most intense controversies in recent memory.
Eric Dezenhall, 2014
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Fight Gambling Secrets Exposed: Fight Gambler's Bible
Glass jaw Never bet against someone with a glass jaw when he's fighting a strong puncher, unless it's an A-level fighter versus a D-level fighter. And if that's the case, then the odds for that fight won't be that good anyways, so it's not worth the ...
Anatoly Romanov, 2011
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The Power of One
She paused for a moment. 'Who, by the way, calls himself a man and then bets against his fellow railway man in boxing matches!' 'It's a free world! How was I to know that big ape had a glass jaw?' he protested in his whining voice. 'Glass jaw!
Bryce Courtenay, 2011
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Degree Words
Thus glass jaw 'extremely fragile jaw' and banshee wail 'extremely piercing wail' do not sort with the mild intensifier rather; and while such a glass jaw, such a banshee wail, and the same with what a are normal, rather a glass jaw is unlikely . a ...
Dwight Bolinger, 1972
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LIFE
SPORTS This Is Clay's Knockout Target Patterson's 'Glass Jaw' w \ ^. t No One Fully Recovers from a K.O. HHB □ Splat!
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
209, 1978 glaSS jaw noun a weak jaw in the context of boxing or fighting us • I didn't think it as right I should hit a guy hard who played on the violin like Golden Boy. But he had a glass jaw. —Rocky Garciano (with Rowland Barber), Somebody ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and ...
209, 1978 glass jaw noun a weak jaw in the context of boxing or fighting US, 1955 • I didn't think it was right I should hit a guy hard who played on the violin like Golden Boy. But he had a glass jaw. — Rocky Garciano (with Rowland Barber), ...
Tom Dalzell, 2008
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The Chambers Dictionary
... or largely of glass, esp a greenhouse; military detention barracks (from one with a glass roof at Aldershot; slang): a glass factory. — adj glass like — glass jaw see glass chin: glass man a maker or seller of glass; a beggar hawking glass  ...
Allied Chambers, 1998
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Can the Us Survive Doomsday
Otherwise, our current economical glass jaw may not be able 14 FREDDIE L. SIRMANS, SR. Does the US have a glass jaw?
Freddie L. Sirmans, Sr., 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLASS JAW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term glass jaw is used in the context of the following news items.
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Taking on Trump may be a crucial step in getting to the Oval Office
Take down the pompadoured giant with the glass jaw and look like the powerful king of the world. But it's not so simple. When he was a ... «Norwalk Reflector, Jul 15»
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Put in an Impossible Position, Subway Is Navigating It as Well as …
Dezenhall is the the CEO of Washington, D.C.-based Dezenhall Resources and the author of Glass Jaw: A Manifesto for Fragile Reputations in ... «Adweek, Jul 15»
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Christie? Trump? Which candidate is cartoonists' fave?
[I] adore Ted Cruz's glass jaw. Matt Wuerker (Politico): The start of a campaign puts a cartoonist in that awkward spot of having to choose ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»
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One more book, Mr. Stockman
Your opponent has a glass jaw, and you make that abundantly clear in your Contra Corner columns. But as North says, you can't beat ... «Gold Seek, Jul 15»
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Fabricio Werdum Calls Out Jon Jones For Superfight
I mean Glass Jaw Arlovski. Let's see if the win vs. Cain wasn't a “fluke” – as in Cain just being stupid by not training in a much higher altitude, ... «LowKick MMA, Jun 15»
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Symbols and Sacrifices in Post-Charleston Damage Control
As I argue in my book on scandal, Glass Jaw, once a symbol, meme or incendiary statement gets sucked in to the vortex of controversy it has ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
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ANALYSIS: Sligo and Antrim show the underdog can still bite - if he's …
None of it really mattered one bit though until they decided to throw some of their own punches. And, on this occasion, they met an adversary with a glass jaw. «SportsJOE, Jun 15»
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Blatter v Mugabe, Vader v Batman, the Dumbledore v Gandalf... they …
His weak spot is his glass jaw, a mouth which is not protected by armour. He is also limited by requiring regular mechanical maintenance and needs to eat a ... «The Sun, Jun 15»
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David Lemieux: Will He Fight Gennady Golovkin?
The scores---115-109 twice, 114-110---indicate a fight that, if not for N'Dam's glass jaw and Lemieux's dynamite fists, would have been at best a ... «SportsBlog.com, Jun 15»
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Snoozing Through The Cardinals/Astros Hack
As I discuss in my book Glass Jaw, operatic personalities like the Bond villain-y Sepp Blatter and the torrentially perfect Tom Brady tend to ... «Huffington Post, Jun 15»

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