- jaw at someone
- jaw at someoneFig. to lecture at someone; to talk endlessly to someone. •
Please stop jawing at me.
•You are jawing at me too much lately.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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someone's jaw dropped — someone’s jaw dropped phrase used for saying that someone was very surprised or shocked Cleo’s jaw dropped in surprise. Thesaurus: feeling surprised or shockedsynonym Main entry: jaw … Useful english dictionary
jaw — 1 noun 1 (C) the lower part of your face that moves when you eat: Tyson punched his opponent on the jaw. 2 sb s jaw dropped used to say that someone looked surprised or shocked: Her jaw dropped when I told her Jean had left her husband. 3 jaws… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
jaw — jaw1 [ dʒɔ ] noun ** 1. ) count the lower part of your face that includes your chin and your bottom teeth: He suffered a broken jaw in the accident. a firm/square jaw a ) the part of your mouth where your teeth grow 2. ) jaws plural the parts of… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
jaw — jaw1 [dʒo: US dʒo:] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: joe] 1.) one of the two bones that your teeth are in ▪ a broken jaw lower/upper jaw ▪ an animal with two rows of teeth in its lower jaw 2.) [C usually singular] the lower part of your… … Dictionary of contemporary English
jaw — I UK [dʒɔː] / US [dʒɔ] noun Word forms jaw : singular jaw plural jaws ** 1) a) [countable] the lower part of your face that includes your chin and your bottom teeth He suffered a broken jaw in the accident. a firm/square jaw b) the part of your… … English dictionary
someone's jaw dropped — used for saying that someone was very surprised or shocked Cleo s jaw dropped in surprise … English dictionary
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jaw — [dʒɔː] noun [C] 1) the part of your mouth where your teeth grow 2) the lower part of your face that includes your chin and stretches back almost to your ear • sb s jaw drop ped used for saying that someone was very surprised or shocked[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
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drop someone — tv. to knock someone down; to punch and knock down a person. □ Fred dropped Bruno with one punch to the jaw. □ Frank lost his cool and dropped Sam … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
