Jawing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jawing \Jaw"ing\, n.
     Scolding; clamorous or abusive talk. [Slang] --H. Kingsley.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Jaw \Jaw\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Jawed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Jawing}.]
     1. To scold; to clamor. [Law] --Smollett.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To talk idly, long-windedly, or without special purpose.
        [PJC]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  22 Moby Thesaurus words for "jawing":
     abuse, assailing, assault, attack, berating, bitter words,
     blackening, contumely, diatribe, execration, hard words, invective,
     jeremiad, onslaught, philippic, rating, revilement, screed, tirade,
     tongue-lashing, vilification, vituperation