flaps one's jaws
flaps one's jaws is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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)
- 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
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