jawings
jawings is the plural of jawing.
Meaning of jawing
Noun
jawing (countable and uncountable, plural jawings)
- Worthless talk; blather.
- Stop your jawing!
- A scolding.
- There were jawings, bickerings, heart-burnings.1876, Mark Twain, The Canvasser's Tale
- Synonyms:
- berating, dressing down, objurgation, browbeating, chiding, chockling, correption, dirdum, down the banks, going over
Questions about jawings
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- Jawings is the plural of jawing.
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