flap-jawed

adjective

Chattery; gossipy.

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Meanings

adjectiveflap-jawed (comparative more flap-jawed, superlative most flap-jawed)

comparative more flap-jawed · superlative most flap-jawed

  1. informalChattery; gossipy.

    […] to hit someone, to smoke pot for days on end, or get in a truck and flee the city: anything but be shut up there on his way home, driven around like a kid by this flap-jawed chauffeur.

    2017, Jorge Zepeda Patterson, Milena: Or, The Most Beautiful Femur in the World
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APA

flap-jawed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flap-jawed

MLA

“flap-jawed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flap-jawed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flap-jawed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flap-jawed.

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