jowl /d͡ʒaʊl/verb 5noun 6forms 3phrases 1 verb5 •(dialect) To knock, bump, strike against; hit, strike; peck at. •(dialect) To jolt or shake roughly; shake up, mix together. •(dialect) To toll, knell. •(dialect) To rumble. •(no longer used) To throw, dash, or knock. noun6 •A fold of fatty flesh under the chin, around the cheeks, or lower jaw (as a dewlap, wattle, crop, or double chin). •The cheek; especially the cheek meat of a hog. •The jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible.And he smote Corinius on his shaven jowl with the dice box, calling him cheat and mangy rascal, whereupon Corinius drew forth a bodkin to smite him in the neck withal; […] — 1922 •A cut of fish including the head and adjacent parts •(dialect) A blow, bump, knock. •(dialect) The tolling of a bell; knell. formsjowled · jowling · jowls Phrases with jowl cheek by jowlIn very close physical proximity; crowded together; side by side.
