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jawingverbpresent participle of jaw to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failingsyou don't have to jaw me to death just because I bite my nails basting, bawling out, berating, calling down, castigating, chastising, chewing out, dressing down, flaying, hammering, keelhauling, lambasting, lecturing, ragging, railing (at or against), ranting (at), rating, reaming (out), rebuking, reprimanding, reproaching, scolding, scoring, tongue-lashing, upbraiding admonishing, chiding, remonstrating (with), reprovingabusing, assailing, attacking, bad-mouthing, blaming, blasting, censuring, condemning, criticizing, crucifying, denouncing, dissing(slang), excoriating, faulting, haranguing, knocking, lacing (into), lashing, panning, reprehending, reviling, scourging, slamming, vituperatingbelittling, disparaging, mocking, putting downridiculing, scoffing, scorning laying into, reading the riot act (to), taking to task approving, endorsing(also indorsing), sanctioningextolling, lauding, praising to engage in casual or rambling conversationjust a group of girls sitting around the locker room and jawing about the usual stuff babbling, blabbing, cackling, chaffering(British), chattering, chatting, chinning(slang), conversing, gabbing, gabbling, gassing, jabbering, kibitzing(also kibbitzing), nattering, palavering, pattering, prating, prattling, rapping, rattling, running on, schmoozing(or shmoozing), talking, twittering, visiting gossiping, tattlingdescanting, discussing, expatiatingyakking(also yacking), yammering, yapping blowing smoke, chewing the fat(also chewing the rag), shooting the breeze, talking a blue streak |