Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to jawbone
Participle: jawboned
Gerund: jawboning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | jawbone |
| you | jawbone |
| he;she;it | jawbones |
| we | jawbone |
| you | jawbone |
| they | jawbone |
Perfect
| I | have jawboned |
| you | have jawboned |
| he;she;it | has jawboned |
| we | have jawboned |
| you | have jawboned |
| they | have jawboned |
Past
| I | jawboned |
| you | jawboned |
| he;she;it | jawboned |
| we | jawboned |
| you | jawboned |
| they | jawboned |
Pluperfect
| I | had jawboned |
| you | had jawboned |
| he;she;it | had jawboned |
| we | had jawboned |
| you | had jawboned |
| they | had jawboned |
Future
| I | will jawbone |
| you | will jawbone |
| he;she;it | will jawbone |
| we | will jawbone |
| you | will jawbone |
| they | will jawbone |
Future Perfect
| I | will have jawboned |
| you | will have jawboned |
| he;she;it | will have jawboned |
| we | will have jawboned |
| you | will have jawboned |
| they | will have jawboned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | jawbone |
| you | jawbone |
| he;she;it | jawbone |
| we | jawbone |
| you | jawbone |
| they | jawbone |
Perfect
| I | have jawboned |
| you | have jawboned |
| he;she;it | have jawboned |
| we | have jawboned |
| you | have jawboned |
| they | have jawboned |
Imperfect
| I | jawboned |
| you | jawboned |
| he;she;it | jawboned |
| we | jawboned |
| you | jawboned |
| they | jawboned |
Pluperfect
| I | had jawboned |
| you | had jawboned |
| he;she;it | had jawboned |
| we | had jawboned |
| you | had jawboned |
| they | had jawboned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would jawbone |
| you | would jawbone |
| he;she;it | would jawbone |
| we | would jawbone |
| you | would jawbone |
| they | would jawbone |
Perfect
| I | would have jawboned |
| you | would have jawboned |
| he;she;it | would have jawboned |
| we | would have jawboned |
| you | would have jawboned |
| they | would have jawboned |
Imperative
| you | jawbone |
| we | Let's jawbone |
| you | jawbone |
Verbs conjugated like 'jawbone'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'jawbone'
carbone,
hambone,
abode,
astone,
atone,
bone,
carbon,
debone,
drawbore,
inwone,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English jawe bone, a partial calque of earlier Middle English chawlbone, chawylbon, chavylbone, chawle boon, chavyl bon (“jaw bone”, literally “chavel bone”), see chavel-bone; equivalent to jaw + bone.
Sample Sentences
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“We got a winner. He stole her glasses and she couldn't see. Boring.” (crowd jeering) “Give me my glasses back.” “I'm gonna give your glasses to your master.” “Lot of jawboning going on.” “Okay? Here you go. It was nice meeting you, okay?” “...a little less hot air, but I present to you our new familiar champion, this guy right here. Never caught his name, never caught his name.” [2022 July 26, William Meny & Paul Simms, “The Night Market” (16:56 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 4, episode 4, spoken by Ringmaster (Nick Corirossi):]