jawblock

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UK/ˈdʒɔːblɒk/

verb

To talk.

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Meanings

verbjawblock (third-person singular simple present jawblocks, present participle jawblocking, simple past and past participle jawblocked)

present singular third person jawblocks · participle present jawblocking · participle past jawblocked · past jawblocked

  1. USdatedslangTo talk.

    The first time we began to jawblock we found out that we were all from the jazz school, and that made us friends right away.

    1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “They Found the Body in a Ditch”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 2 (1923–1928: Chicago, Chicago), page 61

Origin

From jaw + block.

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APA

jawblock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jawblock

MLA

“jawblock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jawblock. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jawblock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jawblock.

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