jawboning

English

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Verb

jawboning

1. present participle and gerund of jawbone

Noun

jawboning (usually uncountable, plural jawbonings)

1. Persistent persuasive talk.
   • 1991, Terrence E. Cook, The Great Alternatives of Social Thought, page 194:

     Or the merely verbal pressure of jawbonings by prominent people may try to silence a certain point of view.