jowl

== English == === Alternative forms === jole, joll (obsolete) === Pronunciation === enPR: joul, jōl, IPA(key): /d͡ʒaʊl/, /d͡ʒəʊl/ Homophones: Joel (one pronunciation), joule (one pronunciation) Rhymes: -aʊl, -əʊl === Etymology 1 === From Middle English jawle, chawl, chavel (“jaw, jawbone”), from Old English ċeafl (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-West Germanic *kafl (“jaw, cheek”). The modern form (for expected chavel, chawl; still found dialectally) is influenced by jaw, which it is a partial doublet of. ==== Noun ==== jowl (plural jowls) The jaw, jawbone; especially one of the lateral parts of the mandible. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== jowl (third-person singular simple present jowls, present participle jowling, simple past and past participle jowled) (obsolete, transitive) To throw, dash, or knock. === Etymology 2 === From Middle English cholle (“wattle, jowl”), from Old English ċeole (“throat”), from Proto-West Germanic *kelā, from Proto-Germanic *kelǭ (“gullet”) (compare Scots choll, West Frisian kiel, Dutch keel, German Kehle), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelu- (“to swallow”) (compare Old Irish in·gilid (“to graze”), Irish goile (“stomach”), Latin gula (“throat”), gluttiō (“to swallow”), Russian глота́ть (glotátʹ, “to swallow, gulp”), Ancient Greek δέλεαρ (délear, “lure”), Armenian կլանել (klanel, “to swallow”), Persian گلو (galu), Hindi गला (galā, “neck, throat”)). ==== Alternative forms ==== chowl, joul ==== Noun ==== jowl (plural jowls) 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. A cut of fish including the head and adjacent parts ===== Derived terms ===== jowly cheek and jowl cheek by jowl tooth-to-jowl ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From Middle English jollen, chollen (“to knock, strike, batter; stagger”). Related to jow (“to knock, bump, ring”). ==== Alternative forms ==== geoll, joule, joul, jole (obsolete) ==== Verb ==== jowl (third-person singular simple present jowls, present participle jowling, simple past and past participle jowled) (transitive, dialectal) To knock, bump, strike against; hit, strike; peck at. (transitive, dialectal) To jolt or shake roughly; shake up, mix together. (transitive, dialectal, of the bowels) To rumble. (transitive, dialectal, of a bell) To toll, knell. ===== Related terms ===== joll ==== Noun ==== jowl (plural jowls) (dialectal) A blow, bump, knock. (dialectal) The tolling of a bell; knell. == Cornish == === Noun === jowl m (plural jowlow) alternative form of dyowl Palatal mutation of dyowl ==== Usage notes ==== Aside from jowles and jydh, this is the only Cornish word to undergo palatal mutation.