Jaws

Jaws or Jaw can refer to:

Anatomy

• Jaw, an opposable articulated structure at the entrance of the mouth
  • Mandible, the lower jaw

Arts, entertainment, and media

• Jaws (James Bond), a character in The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker
• Jaws (novel), a novel by Peter Benchley
• Jaws (ride), a theme park attraction based on the film series
• Jaws (video game), a 1987 NES video game, based on the film

Films

• Jaws (franchise)
  • Jaws (film), a 1975 American film directed by Steven Spielberg based on the novel by Peter Benchley
  • Jaws 2, a 1978 American film
  • Jaws 3-D, a 1983 American film
  • Jaws: The Revenge, a 1987 American film

Music

• Jaws (soundtrack)
• Jaws (album), a 1958 album by Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
• JAWS (band), an English surf pop/alternative rock band from Birmingham
• "Jaws", a song by BAE173 from Intersection: Blaze
• Jaws, a song by Lemon Demon from the EP Nature Tapes

People

• Jaw (Ćehu′pa) (c. 1850–1924), Hunkpapa Lakota winter count keeper and ledger art artist
• Jaw Shaw-kong, Taiwanese media personality and politician
• Aaron Homoki, American professional skateboarder
• Ron Jaworski, American football quarterback
• Joe Jordan (footballer), Scottish footballer and coach
• Colin Lloyd, English darts player
• Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver

Computing

• JAWS (screen reader), for blind and vision-impaired computer users
• JAWS Scripting Language, a proprietary programming language
• Java Web Start or JAWS, a system for launching Java applications outside of a web browser

Other uses

• Jaws (beach), a big-wave surfing area in Hawaii
• Japan Anthropology Workshop, abbreviated JAWS
• Jaffe Wins Above Replacement Score (JAWS), a sabermetric tool for evaluating a baseball player's Hall of Fame worthiness

See also

• Grab (tool), a pair of mechanical jaws
• Hydraulic rescue tools, of which one brand is known as the "Jaws of Life"
• Jaww, a village in Bahrain
• Open jaw, or open-jaw, ticket, an airline return ticket whose destination and origin differ
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