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jawbonings

jawbonings is the plural of jawboning.

Meaning of jawboning

Noun

jawboning (usually uncountable, plural jawbonings)

  1. (usually) Persistent persuasive talk, particularly (politics, economics) talk that includes implied threats of punitive action, such as tighter government regulation.
    • Or the merely verbal pressure of jawbonings by prominent people may try to silence a certain point of view.1991, Terrence E. Cook, The Great Alternatives of Social Thought, page 194

Questions about jawbonings

What is jawbonings the plural of?
Jawbonings is the plural of jawboning.

Words near jawbonings in the dictionary

  1. jawboneists
  2. jawboner
  3. jawboners
  4. jawbones
  5. jawboning
  6. jawbonings
  7. jawbonist
  8. jawbonists
  9. jawbox
  10. jawboxes
  11. jawbreaker

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