Definition of "jowl" []

• The jaw, especially the lower jaw. (noun)
• The cheek. (noun)
• The flesh under the lower jaw, especially when plump or flaccid. (noun)
• A fleshy part similar to a jowl, such as the dewlap of a cow or the wattle of a fowl. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "He went to the edge of the shaft, and then heard unmistakably, far below him, the "jowl" for which we had listened in vain on the previous morning."
• "He was armed with a hammer, and with this he struck one of the metal guiders of the ruined cage, giving the pitman's "jowl" or signal, "three times three, and one over.""
• "'jowl' of earthenware -- that was the local word for it -- a batch of dough was set before a fire to rise."