jawboned; jawboning; jawbones
: to speak forcefully and persuasively to
jawboned them into accepting the deal
: to talk especially forcefully and persuasively
jawboning about the tax cuts
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Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
Fossil collector Kun-Yu Tsai was perusing antiques in 2008 when an unusual-looking jawbone caught his eye.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
Neil Irwin, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
Could American CEOs have headed off the tariffs chaos either by a more focused publicity campaign or more jawboning with Trump?
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Just last year, a team led by Douglas R. Stenton used DNA to identify a jawbone found on King William Island in 1993 as that of Erebus’ captain, Fitzjames.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025
Fossil collector Kun-Yu Tsai was perusing antiques in 2008 when an unusual-looking jawbone caught his eye.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
These comments indicate the administration is focused not on jawboning the Fed to lower its short-term rate target, but on longer-term borrowing costs set in the global bond market.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025
Could American CEOs have headed off the tariffs chaos either by a more focused publicity campaign or more jawboning with Trump?
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Jawbone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jawbone. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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jawbone
noun
jaw·bone
ˈjȯ-ˈbōn, -ˌbōn 
: jaw sense 1
especially
: mandible
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