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flapped one's jaws

flapped one's jaws is the simple past and past participle 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

Questions about flapped one's jaws

What is flapped one's jaws the simple past and past participle of?
Flapped one's jaws is the simple past and past participle of flap one's jaws.

Words near flapped one's jaws in the dictionary

  1. flappable
  2. flapped
  3. flapped off
  4. flapped one's gums
  5. flapped one's jaw
  6. flapped one's jaws
  7. flapped one's lips
  8. flapped outfall
  9. flapped outfalls
  10. flapper
  11. flapper board

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