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jawning

jawning is the present participle and gerund of jawn.

Meaning of jawn

Noun

jawn (plural jawns)

  1. (Mid-Atlantic, US, slang, African-American Vernacular) Something; a thing; any object, place, or person.
    • "Then I started thinking of the Scenario remix and was like yo, that jawn was just as good."2001, Steve Jackson, “Takin it back B/W BEEF”, in rec.music.hip-hop (Usenet)
  2. (Mid-Atlantic, US, slang, African-American Vernacular) A woman.
    • MY boi in NY, when he first came to Philly, used to tell me the philly jawns were easy.1999 July 16, “da One and Only Jazzman”, “Re: RapCity: UnderHouston”, in rec.music.hip-hop (Usenet)

Questions about jawning

What is jawning the present participle and gerund of?
Jawning is the present participle and gerund of jawn.

Words near jawning in the dictionary

  1. jawmaxxed
  2. jawmaxxes
  3. jawmaxxing
  4. jawn
  5. jawned
  6. jawning
  7. jawns
  8. Jawor
  9. Jaworowski
  10. Jaworowskis
  11. Jaworski

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jawning (page history and authors); jawn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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