| Talon 1. (n.) The claw of a predaceous bird or animal, especially the claw of a bird of prey. 2. (n.) One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth. 3. (n.) A kind of molding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; -- usually called an ogee. 4. (n.) The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt. Thesaurus Entries abduct, abrade, agonize, bark, blemish, bloody, break, burn, carry off, catch, chafe, check, chip, convulse, crack, craze, crucify, cut, excruciate, fracture, fray, frazzle, fret, gall, gash, grab, grapple, harrow, hurt, impale, incise, injure, kidnap, kill by inches, lacerate, lancinate, macerate, maim, make mincemeat of, martyr, martyrize, maul, mutilate, nail, pierce, puncture, punish, rack, rake, rend, rip, run, rupture, savage, scald, scarify, scorch, scotch, scrabble, scrape, scratch, scuff, shanghai, skin, slash, slit, sprain, stab, stick, strain, talon, tear, throttle, torment, torture, traumatize, wound, wrench, wring |