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单词 jawbone
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jawbone
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To jawbone is to talk informally. Think "schmooze," "talk up," or "chit chat;" it's a word to use when the act of talking is more important than what's being talked about.
In a financial or political context, jawboning is a form of persuasion. When Lyndon B. Johnson attempted to jawbone rising interest-rates in 1966, he was attempting to change the behavior of the markets without taking direct action. Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fireside Chats can be seen as jawboning as well, as FDR enlisted support first for New Deal programs and then for the US role in World War II through informal, friendly radio-broadcast "chats."
WORD FAMILY
jawbone: jawboned, jawbones, jawboning
USAGE EXAMPLES
Because the treatment would expose his oral structures — including the jawbone, salivary glands and teeth — to radiation, a dental evaluation was prompted.
Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016)
After weeks of searching, police found some of her blood-stained clothing and jawbone, which ended any hope she might still be alive.
Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016)
Jawbone appears to be a different company,” Fitbit said in its filing, comparing it to when Fitbit filed its complaint last year.
Wall Street Journal(Dec 24, 2016)
1n the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
jowl, lower jaw, lower jawbone, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla
lantern jaw
a long thin lower jaw
articulator
a movable speech organ
jaw
the part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth
2v talk idly or casually and in a friendly way
Syn|Hyper
schmoose, schmooze, shmoose, shmooze
chaffer, chat, chatter, chew the fat, chit-chat, chitchat, claver, confab, confabulate, gossip, jaw, natter, shoot the breeze, visit
talk socially without exchanging too much information
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