Jaws or Jaw may refer to:

Anatomy

Jaw The jaw is any opposable articulated structure at the entrance of the mouth, typically used for grasping and manipulating food. The term ''jaws'' is also broadly applied to the whole of the structures constituting the vault of the mouth and serv ...

, an opposable articulated structure at the entrance of the mouth **

Mandible In anatomy, the mandible, lower jaw or jawbone is the largest, strongest and lowest bone in the human facial skeleton. It forms the lower jaw and holds the lower teeth in place. The mandible sits beneath the maxilla. It is the only movable bone ...

, the lower jaw

Arts, entertainment, and media

Jaws (James Bond) Jaws is the nickname of a fictional henchman in the ''James Bond'' films '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977) and '' Moonraker'' (1979), played in both films by actor Richard Kiel. The character is known for his towering height and his metal teeth. ...

, a character in ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' and ''Moonraker'' * ''Jaws'' (novel), a novel by Peter Benchley *

Jaws (ride) Jaws is an amusement ride attraction based on the ''Jaws'' film series and is located at Universal Studios Japan. It originally opened at Universal Studios Florida in Orlando in 1990, and another installation later opened at Universal Studios Ja ...

, 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 ''Jaws 2'' is a 1978 American thriller film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and co-written by Carl Gottlieb. It is the sequel to Steven Spielberg's ''Jaws'' (1975), and the second installment in the ''Jaws'' franchise. The film stars Roy Scheider a ...

'', a 1978 American film **''

Jaws 3-D ''Jaws 3-D'' (titled ''Jaws III'' in its 2-D form) is a 1983 American thriller film directed by Joe Alves and starring Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Lea Thompson and Louis Gossett Jr. It is the second sequel to Steven Spielberg's '' Jaws'' and t ...

'', 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

Lemon Demon Lemon Demon is a musical project and band created by American comedian and musician Neil Cicierega in 2003 in Boston, Massachusetts. Most Lemon Demon music is performed solely by Cicierega, who is the project's sole official member, but a fu ...

from the EP Nature Tapes

People

* Jaw (Ćehu′pa) (c. 1850–1924), Hunkpapa Lakota winter count keeper and ledger art artist *

Jaw Shaw-kong Jaw Shaw-kong (; born 6 May 1950) is a Taiwanese media personality and politician. Jaw served a single term on the Taipei City Council before being elected to the Legislative Yuan from 1987 to 1991 and 1993 to 1994. Between Legislative Yuan stin ...

, Taiwanese media personality and politician * Aaron Homoki, American professional skateboarder *

Ron Jaworski Partner owner , highlights= * Pro Bowl (1980) * Bert Bell Award (1980) * Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame ;NFL record * Longest touchdown pass: 99 yards (tied) , statlabel1= TD– INT , statvalue1=179–164 , statlabel2=Yards , statvalue2=28,19 ...

, 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) JAWS ("Job Access With Speech") is a computer screen reader program for Microsoft Windows that allows blind and visually impaired users to read the screen either with a text-to-speech output or by a refreshable Braille display. JAWS is p ...

, for blind and vision-impaired computer users * JAWS Scripting Language, a proprietary programming language *

Java Web Start In computing, Java Web Start (also known as JavaWS, javaws or JAWS) is a deprecated framework developed by Sun Microsystems (now Oracle) that allows users to start application software for the Java Platform directly from the Internet using a web b ...

or JAWS, a system for launching Java applications outside of a web browser

Other uses

Jaws (beach) Peʻahi ( ; ) is a place on the north shore of the island of Maui in the U.S. state of Hawaii. It has lent its name to a big wave surfing break, also known as Jaws. Location The name Peʻahi originally applied to an ancient Hawaii land area ('' ...

, 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