jawed
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(verb) talk socially without exchanging too much information. Synonyms: chew the fat, shoot the breeze, chat, confabulate, confab, chitchat, chit-chat, chatter, chaffer, natter, gossip, jaw, claver, visit. Example: "The men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze."
Verb Definition 1
(verb) talk incessantly and tiresomely. Synonyms: yack, jaw, yack away, rattle on, yap away.
Verb Definition 2
(verb) chew (food); to bite and grind with the teeth. Synonyms: chew, masticate, manducate, jaw. Examples: "He jawed his bubble gum." "Chew your food and don't swallow it!." "The cows were masticating the grass."
Verb Definition 3
(verb) censure severely or angrily. Synonyms: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast. Examples: "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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