flap one's jaw

Example Sentences

• "There was, of course, the more mundane problem of earning a living, and in the spring of 1976, without any apparent capital of his own, Love opened a gift shop on Wisconsin Avenue with several backers, among them a radiologist at Georgetown University Hospital named John C. Harbert. “Kenneth came by and told us he was opening this shop,” said his father. “But I didn’t think he was serious, just flapping his jaw.”"
• "If a Raven goes flapping his jaw in the forest and there’s no one around to record it for the wires or the cable networks, does he make a sound?"
• "The dimple-faced mobster could wind up taking the needle if convicted in his upcoming trial for allegedly ordering the Dec. 1, 2004, death of Randolph “Randy” Pizzolo, a Bonanno associate who whacked a rival mobster and then flapped his jaw about it too much for Basciano’s liking, according to court papers."
• "We like Jim Carrey. We like him because he needs to be liked. If we ignore him, he’ll just do what he does anyway – flap his jaw, hoist his Chiclet teeth over his lips, emit an aria of squeaks and yawps – and it’ll be embarrassing for everyone."
• "Everyone likes to flap their jaw and voice their own opinion how "embarrassing" it is to be in a band that can be labeled "deathcore," but honestly we have never given a fuck."
• "The Congress shall not make a law / That stops us from flapping our jaw."