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flap one's jaw

flap one's jaw is the alternative form of flap one's jaws.

Meaning of flap one's jaws

Verb

flap one's jaws (third-person singular simple present flaps one's jaws, present participle flapping one's jaws, simple past and past participle flapped one's jaws)

  1. (US, colloquial) Synonym of flap one's gums.
    • When it is lunchtime in Tokyo, it is 11 P.M. at the Credit Lyonnais trading desk in New York. The four traders on duty are flapping their jaws like auctioneers on a record-breaking day.1991 May 19, Mary Billard, “The Executive Life: Trouble Sleeping? Call a 24-Hour Trading Desk”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...
    Synonyms:
    flap one's gums

Forms of flap one's jaw

third-person singular presentflaps one's jaw
present participleflapping one's jaw
past participleflapped one's jaw
pastflapped one's jaw

Questions about flap one's jaw

What is flap one's jaw the alternative form of?
Flap one's jaw is the alternative form of flap one's jaws.

Words near flap one's jaw in the dictionary

  1. flap doodles
  2. flap gate
  3. flap gates
  4. flap off
  5. flap one's gums
  6. flap one's jaw
  7. flap one's jaws
  8. flap one's lips
  9. flap seat
  10. flap seats
  11. flap steak

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