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What (who) is jowl - definition
PART OF THE HEAD
Cheeks; Malar stripe; Jowl; Jowls; Buccal gland; Buckle pouch; Buckle cavity; Buccal glands; Mejilla
![An [[eastern chipmunk]] using its buccal pouch to store food](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chipmunk with Full Cheeks.jpg?width=200 "An [[eastern chipmunk]] using its buccal pouch to store food")
Jowl
·noun The cheek; the jaw.
II. Jowl ·vt To throw, dash, or knock.
jowl
¦ noun the lower part of a cheek, especially when fleshy or drooping.
?N. Amer. the cheek of a pig as meat.
?the dewlap of cattle or wattle of birds.
Derivatives
-jowled adjective
jowly adjective
Origin
OE ceole, partly merged with OE ceafl 'jaw'.
jowl
(jowls)
1.
You can refer to someone's lower cheeks as their jowls, especially when they hang down towards their jaw. (LITERARY)
N-COUNT: usu pl
2.
If you say that people or things are cheek by jowl with each other, you are indicating that they are very close to each other.
She and her family have to live cheek by jowl with these people.
PHRASE: usu v PHR, v-link PHR, PHR n, oft PHR with n
Wikipedia
Cheek
The cheeks (Latin: buccae) constitute the area of the face below the eyes and between the nose and the left or right ear. "Buccal" means relating to the cheek. In humans, the region is innervated by the buccal nerve. The area between the inside of the cheek and the teeth and gums is called the vestibule or buccal pouch or buccal cavity and forms part of the mouth. In other animals the cheeks may also be referred to as jowls.
Examples of use of jowl
1. "People are living in a desperate situation, cheek to jowl.
2. They were guarded by police and crammed cheek–by–jowl with evictees in tents.
3. Hasidic Williamsburg sits cheek to jowl with the hipster Williamsburg of art galleries and pierced orifices.
4. They live cheek by jowl in the same country yet in separate worlds.
5. They look ridiculous standing cheek by jowl, just a few feet apart.