Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having heavy or sagging jowls.
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- adjective Having conspicuous
jowls .
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- adjective having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw
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Examples
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And for example, the dog has a "jowly" mouth on the sides where it sort of droops.
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And for example, the dog has a "jowly" mouth on the sides where it sort of droops.
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"standard" white I'm not sure that I'd have noticed it amongst the flocks of stocky, 'jowly'
10,000 Birds 2008
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"standard" white I'm not sure that I'd have noticed it amongst the flocks of stocky, 'jowly'
10,000 Birds 2008
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"standard" white I'm not sure that I'd have noticed it amongst the flocks of stocky, 'jowly'
10,000 Birds 2008
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"standard" white I'm not sure that I'd have noticed it amongst the flocks of stocky, 'jowly'
10,000 Birds 2008
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The clowning that seemed so enchanting becomes almost sinister when the face gets jowly and the hair recedes.
Sir Norman Wisdom obituary Stephen Dixon 2010
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At the CTU office, an open-plan area with the doomy, metallic vibe of the Battlestar Galactica, operatives march frowningly about or sit at their stations, all jowly with blue computer glare.
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His face was heavy and jowly, but at the same time menacing.
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His round, pudgy face had slackened and become jowly.
'Baby Doc' returned - like he told me he would Marjorie Valbrun 2011
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'His accent was still thick and his face still handsome, in a jowly kind of way.' -Club Dead, by Charlaine Harris
February 5, 2011