Jaws
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The jaw is either of the two opposable structures forming, or near the entrance to, the mouth.
Jaws may refer to the following:
- Jaws, a novel by Peter Benchley.
- Jaws, the 1975 film based on this novel, directed by Steven Spielberg.
- Jaws, a video game for the NES system released in 1987, based on the movie.
- Jaws Unleashed, a video game released in 2006, once again based on the movie.
- Jaws Attraction (Orlando), the theme park attraction at Universal Orlando Resort, based on the film.
- Jaws, a fictional character from the James Bond adventures.
- Jaws-Project, a content management system.
- Jaws, a big-wave surfing area, Peahi, Maui, off the north shore of Maui.
- Jaws of Life, a trademark for an emergency rescue tool.
- JAWS (acronym for Job Access With Speech), a screen reader for blind and vision-impaired computer users.
- a nickname for race car driver Darrell Waltrip.
- a nickname for former NFL quarterback Ron Jaworski.
- a slang term for goldfish.
- nickname of Dream Team character Viv 'Jaws' Wright, from UK Sky 1 football drama series Dream Team.
The term jaws is also used for articles resembling jaws in appearance or function, for example:
- the pincer-like grasping or crushing parts of a hand tool, as of pliers, a clamp, or a wrench
- the sides of a topographical pass or channel
- the space bounded by a croquet hoop, or the angled pair of cushions marking the entrance to the pocket of a billiards table
- metaphorically, the threshold of a usually perilous situation
