'Jawing' definitions:
Definition of 'Jawing'
From: GCIDE
- Jaw \Jaw\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Jawing.]
- 1. To scold; to clamor. [Law] --Smollett. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To talk idly, long-windedly, or without special purpose. [PJC]
Definition of 'Jawing'
From: GCIDE
- Jawing \Jaw"ing\, n. Scolding; clamorous or abusive talk. [Slang] --H. Kingsley. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'jawing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- assailing,
- assault,
- attack,
- berating,
- bitter words,
- blackening,
- contumely,
- diatribe,
- execration,
- hard words,
- invective,
- jeremiad,
- onslaught,
- philippic,
- rating,
- revilement,
- screed,
- tirade,
- tongue-lashing,
- vilification,
- vituperation
Words containing 'Jawing'
- Jaw,
- Jawed,
- jaws,
- Foot jaw,
- Jaw bit,
- Jaw breaker,
- Jaw rope,
- Jaw tooth,
- Lantern jaws,
- jaws of life,
- lantern jaw,
- lower jaw,
- lumpy jaw,
- upper jaw,
- Jaw-fall,
- Jaw-fallen,
- Lantern-jawed,
- Locked-jaw,
- Lumpy-jaw,
- Pig-jawed,
- long-jawed,
- square-jawed,
- lion-jaw forceps,
- The Mysticete or whalebone whales having no true teeth after birth but with a series of plates of whalebone see Baleen hanging down from the upper jaw on each side thus making a strainer through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed