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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

get wind in one's jaws en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (Southern, US, idiomatic, informal) To have too much to say; talk too much; run at the mouth; to speak one's mind or voice one's opinion about a matter; blabber
    • "Boy, you got wind in your jaws or somethin'? What you suckin' wind fer? Honh?" 2002, Langston Hughes, Gloria Naylor, Children of the night:
    • And anytime you got wind in your jaw you were automatically fired. 1979, The Albemarle Monthly - Volume 3, Issues 1-3, page 49:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gotten wind in one's jaws Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
have wind in one's jaws alternative lexicographic
get wind in one's jaw alternative lexicographic
got wind in one's jaws Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
got wind in one's jaws Tense=Past lexicographic
getting wind in one's jaws Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
have wind in one's jaw alternative lexicographic
gets wind in one's jaws Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

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