Jaws or Jaw can refer to:

Anatomy

Jaw The jaws are a pair of opposable articulated structures 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 ...

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

Mandible In jawed vertebrates, the mandible (from the Latin ''mandibula'', 'for chewing'), lower jaw, or jawbone is a bone that makes up the lowerand typically more mobilecomponent of the mouth (the upper jaw being known as the maxilla). The jawbone i ...

, 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 * Shark Jaws, a 1975 Arcade Game, made by Atari * "Jaws", ''The Keith & Paddy Picture Show'' season 1, episode 4 (2017)

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 horror 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 ...

'', a 1978 American film **''

Jaws 3-D ''Jaws 3-D'' (titled ''Jaws III'' in its 2-D form) is a 1983 American horror film directed by Joe Alves and starring Dennis Quaid, Bess Armstrong, Simon MacCorkindale and Louis Gossett Jr. As the second sequel to Steven Spielberg's '' Jaws' ...

'', 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 BAE173 () is a South Korean boy band formed and managed by PocketDol Studio. The group debuted on November 19, 2020, with their first EP ''Intersection: Spark''. The group currently consists of eight members: J-Min, Hangyul, Yoojun, Muzin, Jun ...

from ''Intersection: Blaze'' * "Jaws", a song by Lights from ''Pep'' * "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 Darrell Lee Waltrip (born February 5, 1947) is an American motorsports Color analyst, analyst, author as well as a former national television broadcaster and stock car driver. He raced from 1972 to 2000 in the NASCAR Cup Series (known as the NAS ...

, 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