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)

  1. (US slang, dated) To talk.
    • 1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “They Found the Body in a Ditch”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 2 (1923–1928: Chicago, Chicago), page 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.
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