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jaw-jawing

jaw-jawing is the present participle and gerund of jaw-jaw.

Meaning of jaw-jaw

Verb

jaw-jaw (third-person singular simple present jaw-jaws, present participle jaw-jawing, simple past and past participle jaw-jawed)

  1. (slang) To talk at length; to chatter or jabber.
    • The EEC and America jaw-jawed their way to the brink of an all-out war over limiting European steel exports to the United States.1982, Economist, volume 285

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Questions about jaw-jawing

What is jaw-jawing the present participle and gerund of?
Jaw-jawing is the present participle and gerund of jaw-jaw.

Words near jaw-jawing in the dictionary

  1. jaw-jacked
  2. jaw-jacking
  3. jaw-jacks
  4. jaw-jaw
  5. jaw-jawed
  6. jaw-jawing
  7. jaw-jaws
  8. jaw-jutting
  9. jaw-like
  10. jaw-twister
  11. jaw-twisters

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