"jaw-jaw" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-jaw-jaw.ogg [Australia] Forms: jaw-jaws [present, singular, third-person], jaw-jawing [participle, present], jaw-jawed [participle, past], jaw-jawed [past]
Etymology: Reduplication of jaw. Etymology templates: {{m|en|jaw}} jaw Head templates: {{en-verb}} jaw-jaw (third-person singular simple present jaw-jaws, present participle jaw-jawing, simple past and past participle jaw-jawed)
  1. (slang) To talk at length; to chatter or jabber. Tags: slang

Inflected forms

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