Jawbone (Verb)
Meaning
Talk idly or casually and in a friendly way.
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The two coworkers stood outside the break room door and jawboned about their weekend plans.
- At the park, she and her aunt spent hours jawboning and laughing together.
- Over a warm cup of coffee, they jawboned about everything from their favorite movies to their personal interests.
- A group of elderly men jawboned and reminisced about their high school days at the annual reunion.
- Before the meeting, they decided to jawbone with the CEO about ideas for new marketing strategies.