jawbone
IPA: dʒˈɔboʊn
noun
- (countable) The bone of the lower jaw; the mandible.
- (countable) Any of the bones in the lower or upper jaw.
- (countable, singular or plural, music) A shaken musical instrument (an idiophone) made from the jawbone of an animal and shaken such that the teeth vibrate in their sockets to produce sound.
- (uncountable, slang, archaic) Credit.
verb
- To talk persistently in an attempt to persuade somebody to cooperate.
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Examples of "jawbone" in Sentences
- She has no idea where the jawbone is or if it has been buried.
- His skull was broken open and his jawbone was a short distance away.
- Will the new administration "jawbone" the markets or introduce unexpected proposals?
- He believes the find is the first jawbone from a meat-eating dinosaur ever found in Maryland.
- Maybe that's why the Saudis told Bush to jump in the sand when he asked for more oil despite Bush's 2000 election promise to "jawbone" them into lowering oil prices.
- When they have ceased to run, the bundle is opened and the bones taken out and buried, except the lower jawbone, which is preserved, sometimes along with one of the lower arm bones.
- At the GOP debate in Manchester NH on January 26, 2000, Bush said he would be the most successful at keeping oil prices low because he would "jawbone" OPEC nations to keep oil prices down.
- When Bush first ran for president in 2000, he criticized the Clinton administration for high fuel prices and said the president must "jawbone" oil producing nations and persuade them to drop rates.
- The membrane behind the jawbone is essentially avascular and bleeds very little, if at all, and although I have no doubt that this procedure causes some minor discomfort for the fish, keep in mind these creatures routinely eat very spiny baitfish, so they are used to puncture wounds inside the mouth.
- All the players are in place: silent, petulant Bush demanding not to be questioned because he's the Decider; Dick Cheney is the Enforcer, twisting senators 'arms and breathing his brimstone in their faces (any time you see "jawbone" used as a verb, you know Cheney must be in the vicinity); an appointee of the executive testifying to the need for a radical consolidation of power in one agency, a la Ashcroft 2001.
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