jawbone
1 of 2noun
jaw·bone ˈjȯ-ˌbōn 
: jaw sense 1a
especially : mandible
jawbone
2 of 2verb
jawboned; jawboning; jawbones
transitive verb
: to speak forcefully and persuasively to
jawboned them into accepting the deal
intransitive verb
: to talk especially forcefully and persuasively
jawboning about the tax cuts
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web
Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF, 25 Aug. 2022 One common cause of ear pressure is temporomandibular joint dysfunction, which causes pain and inflammation in the joints connecting your jawbone and your skull. Julie Stewart, Men's Health, 26 July 2022 The cave find most closely resembled a tooth found in a Denisovan jawbone found on the Tibetan plateau in Xiahe county, in Gansu province, China. Katie Hunt, CNN, 17 May 2022 More remains have been found since then, including bones at least 200,000 years old and a jawbone found in Tibet. Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 18 May 2022 However, the jawbone, while thought by many to be Denisovan, was not an open-and-shut case. Katie Hunt, CNN, 17 May 2022 A few years later, researchers discovered a lower jawbone with teeth intact. Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2022 One contained a dead pet cat, another a human jawbone. NBC News, 24 Apr. 2022 Sound flows through air, of course, but waves also stream from the violin’s body, through the chin rest, directly to the jawbone and thence into our skull and inner ears. David George Haskell, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022 Jacob Bogage, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2020 Before the 2018 midterm elections, when the price of gasoline was rising to nearly $3 per gallon, Trump jawboned Saudi Arabia to boost its production to get prices down. Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2020 In the months following the first tidings of COVID-19 from China, Trump played down its potential impact—attempting to jawbone a virus, or at least the perception of it. Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2020 Investors should by now be wise to jawboning from the White House. Charles Riley, CNN, 8 Dec. 2019 Former mayor Tom Menino tried to jawbone Partners HealthCare into consolidating its offices there at one point. BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2019 His top five tweets: Economy Whether jawboning the Federal Reserve or touting the latest economic number, many of his tweets have touched on the nation's financial state. USA Today, 17 Oct. 2019 These were powerful, articulate men who, one would imagine, didn’t mind taking the occasional long meeting, or jawboning on the phone. Tom Gliatto, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2019 President Donald Trump boasts of jawboning bosses on where to build factories. The Economist, 22 Aug. 2019 See More
Noun
According to the Mayo Clinic, TMJ disorders cause pain and discomfort in the temporomandibular joint—the joint that connects your jawbone to your skull—and the muscles that control your jaw. Sara Gaynes Levy, SELF, 25 Aug. 2022 One common cause of ear pressure is temporomandibular joint dysfunction, which causes pain and inflammation in the joints connecting your jawbone and your skull. Julie Stewart, Men's Health, 26 July 2022 The cave find most closely resembled a tooth found in a Denisovan jawbone found on the Tibetan plateau in Xiahe county, in Gansu province, China. Katie Hunt, CNN, 17 May 2022 More remains have been found since then, including bones at least 200,000 years old and a jawbone found in Tibet. Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 18 May 2022 However, the jawbone, while thought by many to be Denisovan, was not an open-and-shut case. Katie Hunt, CNN, 17 May 2022 A few years later, researchers discovered a lower jawbone with teeth intact. Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2022 One contained a dead pet cat, another a human jawbone. NBC News, 24 Apr. 2022 Sound flows through air, of course, but waves also stream from the violin’s body, through the chin rest, directly to the jawbone and thence into our skull and inner ears. David George Haskell, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022 Verb
Once known for jawboning the Saudis to pump more oil and thereby lower the price, the president now finds himself in the uncomfortable position of trying to raise oil prices so US energy companies can earn a profit. Jacob Bogage, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2020 Before the 2018 midterm elections, when the price of gasoline was rising to nearly $3 per gallon, Trump jawboned Saudi Arabia to boost its production to get prices down. Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2020 In the months following the first tidings of COVID-19 from China, Trump played down its potential impact—attempting to jawbone a virus, or at least the perception of it. Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2020 Investors should by now be wise to jawboning from the White House. Charles Riley, CNN, 8 Dec. 2019 Former mayor Tom Menino tried to jawbone Partners HealthCare into consolidating its offices there at one point. BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2019 His top five tweets: Economy Whether jawboning the Federal Reserve or touting the latest economic number, many of his tweets have touched on the nation's financial state. USA Today, 17 Oct. 2019 These were powerful, articulate men who, one would imagine, didn’t mind taking the occasional long meeting, or jawboning on the phone. Tom Gliatto, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2019 President Donald Trump boasts of jawboning bosses on where to build factories. The Economist, 22 Aug. 2019 See More Word History
First Known Use
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1965, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
Kids Definition
jawbone
noun
jaw·bone ˈjȯ-ˌbōn
: jaw sense 1
Medical Definition
jawbone
noun
jaw·bone ˈjȯ-ˈbōn, -ˌbōn
: jaw sense 1
especially : mandible