Crossword clues for jawing
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Jawing \Jaw"ing\, n.
Scolding; clamorous or abusive talk. [Slang]
--H. Kingsley.
Jaw \Jaw\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Jawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Jawing.]
To scold; to clamor. [Law]
--Smollett.To talk idly, long-windedly, or without special purpose.
Wiktionary
n. A scolding. vb. (present participle of jaw English)
Usage examples of "jawing".
I knew the perimeter alarms went off because I was jawing with Martinson at the Space Centre up here between the First Villages.
But there were worse ways to while away the hours aboard a train than jawing with a pretty lady, and the malicious gossip involving him and a Trinidad gal he'd never met made a heap of otherwise tedious facts about the transfer point seem far more interesting.
Someone on that night rattler crew from the north was just jawing about some little squirt in seersucker chasing that same Longarm out of the Denver depot at a dead run!
He found the trail boss jawing with some others around the small night fire near the chuck wagon.
But since you brought it up, I can't help feeling curious about this they you were jawing with about my physical endowments.
Inside, he found a portly gray gent with a gilt sheriffs badge jawing with the desk deputy.
The fire marshal naturally asked who in thunder they could be jawing about.
But how come we're jawing about such ancient history when all I ever asked was where you all got that one infernal treasury note?
Another lawman I was just jawing with had the same motive for my demise figured out.
When you say they, are you jawing about they in general, or that Lieutenant Flynn they all seem so scared of for some reason?
Longarm knew what they'd been jawing about when Flynn called out, "All right, Mister Doyle, you have ten seconds and counting to throw out your weapon and come out with your hands up!