jawing Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb talk socially without exchanging too much information
   shoot the breeze; chit-chat; chew the fat; confab; chitchat; jaw; claver; visit; chaffer; chat; natter; gossip; chatter; confabulate.
   
   • the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze
2. verb talk incessantly and tiresomely
   yack; jaw; yap away; yack away; rattle on.
   
3. verb chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth
   chew; masticate; manducate; jaw.
   
   • He jawed his bubble gum
   • Chew your food and don't swallow it!
   • The cows were masticating the grass
4. verb censure severely or angrily
   call on the carpet; rag; dress down; remonstrate; chew out; take to task; call down; jaw; lambast; trounce; scold; chide; berate; chew up; have words; rebuke; reprimand; reproof; lecture; bawl out; lambaste.
   
   • The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car
   • The deputy ragged the Prime Minister
   • The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup

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