MAW

trap, cakehole, hole, maw, yap, gob

(noun) informal terms for the mouth

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

maw (plural maws)

(archaic) The stomach, especially of an animal.

The upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a fearsome and ravenous creature.

Any large, insatiable or perilous opening.

Appetite; inclination.

Etymology 2

Noun

maw (plural maws)

(dialect, colloquial) Mother.

Etymology 3

Noun

maw (plural maws)

A gull.

Anagrams

• WMA, awm, mwa

Proper noun

Maw (plural Maws)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Maw is the 21034th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1250 individuals. Maw is most common among White (78.24%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (17.28%) individuals.

Anagrams

• WMA, awm, mwa

Noun

MAW (plural MAWs)

(informal, derogatory) Model, actress, whatever: a young woman without much talent who attains celebrity through physical attractiveness.

Anagrams

• WMA, awm, mwa

Source: Wiktionary


Maw, n. Etym: [See Mew a gull.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A gull.

Maw, n. Etym: [OE. mawe, AS. maga stomach; akin to D. maag, OHG. mago, G. magen, Icel. magi, Sw. mage, Dan. mave.

1. A stomach; the receptacle into which food is taken by swallowing; in birds, the craw; -- now used only of the lower animals, exept humorously or in contempt. Chaucer. Bellies and maws of living creatures. Bacon.

2. Appetite; inclination. [Obs.] Unless you had more maw to do me good. Beau. & Fl. Fish maw. (Zoöl.) See under Fish.

Maw, n.

Definition: An old game at cards. Sir A. Weldon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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