Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jaw-jaw

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English

Syllables: jaw--jaw
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To talk at length; to chatter or jabber.

Slang

noun

Chatter; worthless talk.

Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The EEC and America jaw-jawed their way to the brink of an all-out war over limiting European steel exports to the United States."
"...in certain contexts extensive and prolonged jaw-jawing — in the form of treaty-making — can serve to inhibit the resort to war."
"We might have five of us jaw-jawing. You don't have that any more. I hate to lose that; it was a great joy in my life."
"attributed to Winston Churchill Jaw-jaw is better than war-war."
"After all that jaw-jaw, Shcharansky is currently in an extremely cramped jail cell […]"

Etymology

Reduplication of jaw.

Usage

Inflected Forms

jaw-jaws (present, singular) jaw-jawing (participle, present) jaw-jawed (participle, past) jaw-jawed (past)

Questions

What does jaw-jaw mean?: To talk at length; to chatter or jabber.
Where does jaw-jaw come from?: Reduplication of jaw.

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