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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

jawing en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Worthless talk; blather.
    • Stop your jawing!
  2. (countable, uncountable) A scolding.
    • There were jawings, bickerings, heart-burnings. 1876, Mark Twain, The Canvasser's Tale:

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Synonyms

jawing · going over · throughgoing · down the banks · rixation · berating · scolding · chiding · dirdum · objurgation · chockling · dressing down · dressing down · berating · correption · browbeating · objurgation · sermon · lecture

jawing en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of jaw
    form of jaw