jawblock

English

Etymology

From jaw +‎ block.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɔːblɒk/
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Verb

jawblock (third-person singular simple present jawblocks, present participle jawblocking, simple past and past participle jawblocked)

(US slang, dated) To talk.
- 1946, Mezz Mezzrow and Bernard Wolfe, Really the Blues, Payback Press 1999, p. 61:
  The first time we began to jawblock we found out that we were all from the jazz school, and that made us friends right away.