Translate jawbone | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of jawbone
noun
a bone of the jaw, especially that of the lower jaw (the mandible), or either half of this.
verb
[with object] attempt to persuade or pressure by the force of one’s position of authority:the Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman jawboned the dollar higher by calling its recent steep decline a purely speculative phenomenon [no object]:an analyst jawboning about the industry
