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flapping one's jaws

flapping one's jaws is the present participle and gerund 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 flapping one's jaws

What is flapping one's jaws the present participle and gerund of?
Flapping one's jaws is the present participle and gerund of flap one's jaws.

Words near flapping one's jaws in the dictionary

  1. flapping hinge
  2. flapping hinges
  3. flapping off
  4. flapping one's gums
  5. flapping one's jaw
  6. flapping one's jaws
  7. flapping one's lips
  8. flappingly
  9. flappings
  10. flappish
  11. flappity

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