Lockjaw

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Lockjaw can refer to any of the following:

• trismus, a pathological condition in which the mouth is held shut by sustained spasm of the masseter (jaw) muscle, often observed in cases of tetanus

• tetanus, an infectious disease of the central nervous system

• Lockjaw, a character from Marvel Comics' Inhumans

• Lockjaw, a UK punk band from the 70's

• Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, a jazz saxophonist (d. 1986)

• Locust Valley Lockjaw, an upper-class American accent

• In computer and video games:
  • the name of an early Alternate Reality Game
  • LockJaw, an underwater enemy in Nintendo's Donkey Kong series
  • the name of the Alt-form for Sylux from Nintendo's Metroid Prime: Hunters
  • the name of a customizable Tetris clone

• the name of an album by Dance Hall Crashers

Lockjaw / Slang / Alternative meaning

Commonly used to describe the sporadic and involuntary rapid movement of one's jaw bone whilst under the influence of a narcotic substance: "look at the lock jaw on that yoke, out of the bracket"