jaw
verb/dʒɔː/
/dʒɔː/
[intransitive] (informal, often disapproving)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they jaw | /dʒɔː/ /dʒɔː/ |
| he / she / it jaws | /dʒɔːz/ /dʒɔːz/ |
| past simple jawed | /dʒɔːd/ /dʒɔːd/ |
| past participle jawed | /dʒɔːd/ /dʒɔːd/ |
| -ing form jawing | /ˈdʒɔːɪŋ/ /ˈdʒɔːɪŋ/ |
- to talk, especially to talk a lot or for a long timeWord Originlate Middle English: from Old French joe ‘cheek, jaw’, of unknown origin.
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