Jowl
noun
The lower part of a person's or animal's cheek, particularly when it is fleshy or sagging.
As she grew older, she noticed her jowls starting to sag.
Often appears as...
- sagging jowls
- fleshy jowls
noun
The flesh of animals or humans around the jaw.
The chef cooked the jowl of the pig for the special dish.
Often appears as...
- pork jowl
- beef jowl
noun
Refers to one's self-respect or personal dignity.
He would rather die than live without his jowl.
Often appears as...
- lose one's jowl
- keep one's jowl
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Idiomatic
noun
The lower part of a person's or animal's cheek, particularly when it is fleshy or sagging.
As she grew older, she noticed her jowls starting to sag.
Often appears as...
- sagging jowls
- fleshy jowls
noun
The flesh of animals or humans around the jaw.
The chef cooked the jowl of the pig for the special dish.
Often appears as...
- pork jowl
- beef jowl
noun
Refers to one's self-respect or personal dignity.
He would rather die than live without his jowl.
Often appears as...
- lose one's jowl
- keep one's jowl
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Description
Use 'jowl' to describe parts of the face that can become saggy with age or weight gain.
Grandpa's jowls shook when he laughed.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
The word 'jowl' can imply an undesirable physical feature, often related to aging.
She covered her jowl with her scarf.
Pro Tip 3/3Human and Animals
Remember, 'jowl' is applicable both to human beings and animals.
The bulldog's jowls drooped comically.
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The Triumph and Tragedy...
could so it was cheek by jowl but you enjoyed it oh yes it was glorious cousins and you know in-laws of cousins you know a pack of children playing around but lotha didn't understand why they couldn't go home to popna
Video examples
The Triumph and Tragedy...
could so it was cheek by jowl but you enjoyed it oh yes it was glorious cousins and you know in-laws of cousins you know a pack of children playing around but lotha didn't understand why they couldn't go home to popna
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Toby Jones
English Actor
Four hours of prosthetics every morning, the jowls and the nose, and it was very hot so they're having to attend to it all day, and you're still petrified of so many things, such as, can I speak properly? Hitchcock never quite lost those East End vowels, even though he had the softened California consonants.
Quote examples
Richard Lamm
American Politician
It was almost a desecration to put a building on the Boulder Turnpike, which is now U.S.-36 and is almost backyards and even junkyards all the way up. We didn't have to put development just cheek to jowl all the way up to Boulder. There's enough room in Colorado! But we did.
Quote examples
Martin Jacques
British Journalist
Racism always exists cheek by jowl with, inside, and alongside culture and class. As a rule, it is inseparable from them. That is why, for example, food, language and names assume such importance in racial prejudice.
Quote examples
Dana Loesch
American Activist
As a kid spending weekends in the Ozarks, I remember my granny's preacher shaking his fist, his jowls waving in the wind not unlike a bloodhound's, excoriating the congregation and condemning it to hell.
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Terry Eagleton
English Critic
Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination; if the United States is one of the most venal nations on Earth, it is also one of the most earnestly idealistic.
Quote examples
Toby Jones
English Actor
One key element to Hitchcock is the drooping jowl. That was crucial because his silhouette is crucial. There is something about his silhouette that became his brand.
Quote examples
Mick Hucknall
English Singer
I've got one of those heart-shaped faces and I take weight on my cheeks and jowls and gut, so in pictures I look much heavier than I actually am.
Quote examples
Leo Sayer
English Musician
I've typical singer's jowls, a bit fat and soggy. If I was really vain, I would have a nip and tuck, but the knife isn't an exciting prospect.
Quote examples
Greg Iles
American Novelist
In Mississippi, black and white live cheek by jowl, day in and day out.
Quote examples
Toby Jones
English Actor
Four hours of prosthetics every morning, the jowls and the nose, and it was very hot so they're having to attend to it all day, and you're still petrified of so many things, such as, can I speak properly? Hitchcock never quite lost those East End vowels, even though he had the softened California consonants.
Quote examples
Richard Lamm
American Politician
It was almost a desecration to put a building on the Boulder Turnpike, which is now U.S.-36 and is almost backyards and even junkyards all the way up. We didn't have to put development just cheek to jowl all the way up to Boulder. There's enough room in Colorado! But we did.
Quote examples
Martin Jacques
British Journalist
Racism always exists cheek by jowl with, inside, and alongside culture and class. As a rule, it is inseparable from them. That is why, for example, food, language and names assume such importance in racial prejudice.
Quote examples
Dana Loesch
American Activist
As a kid spending weekends in the Ozarks, I remember my granny's preacher shaking his fist, his jowls waving in the wind not unlike a bloodhound's, excoriating the congregation and condemning it to hell.
Quote examples
Terry Eagleton
English Critic
Cynicism and naivety lie cheek by jowl in the American imagination; if the United States is one of the most venal nations on Earth, it is also one of the most earnestly idealistic.
Quote examples
Toby Jones
English Actor
One key element to Hitchcock is the drooping jowl. That was crucial because his silhouette is crucial. There is something about his silhouette that became his brand.
Quote examples
Mick Hucknall
English Singer
I've got one of those heart-shaped faces and I take weight on my cheeks and jowls and gut, so in pictures I look much heavier than I actually am.
Quote examples
Leo Sayer
English Musician
I've typical singer's jowls, a bit fat and soggy. If I was really vain, I would have a nip and tuck, but the knife isn't an exciting prospect.
Quote examples
Greg Iles
American Novelist
In Mississippi, black and white live cheek by jowl, day in and day out.
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