Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to jaw
Participle: jawed
Gerund: jawing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | jaw |
| you | jaw |
| he;she;it | jaws |
| we | jaw |
| you | jaw |
| they | jaw |
Perfect
| I | have jawed |
| you | have jawed |
| he;she;it | has jawed |
| we | have jawed |
| you | have jawed |
| they | have jawed |
Past
| I | jawed |
| you | jawed |
| he;she;it | jawed |
| we | jawed |
| you | jawed |
| they | jawed |
Pluperfect
| I | had jawed |
| you | had jawed |
| he;she;it | had jawed |
| we | had jawed |
| you | had jawed |
| they | had jawed |
Future
| I | will jaw |
| you | will jaw |
| he;she;it | will jaw |
| we | will jaw |
| you | will jaw |
| they | will jaw |
Future Perfect
| I | will have jawed |
| you | will have jawed |
| he;she;it | will have jawed |
| we | will have jawed |
| you | will have jawed |
| they | will have jawed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | jaw |
| you | jaw |
| he;she;it | jaw |
| we | jaw |
| you | jaw |
| they | jaw |
Perfect
| I | have jawed |
| you | have jawed |
| he;she;it | have jawed |
| we | have jawed |
| you | have jawed |
| they | have jawed |
Imperfect
| I | jawed |
| you | jawed |
| he;she;it | jawed |
| we | jawed |
| you | jawed |
| they | jawed |
Pluperfect
| I | had jawed |
| you | had jawed |
| he;she;it | had jawed |
| we | had jawed |
| you | had jawed |
| they | had jawed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would jaw |
| you | would jaw |
| he;she;it | would jaw |
| we | would jaw |
| you | would jaw |
| they | would jaw |
Perfect
| I | would have jawed |
| you | would have jawed |
| he;she;it | would have jawed |
| we | would have jawed |
| you | would have jawed |
| they | would have jawed |
Imperative
| you | jaw |
| we | Let's jaw |
| you | jaw |
Verbs conjugated like 'jaw'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'jaw'
caw,
daw,
gaw,
haw,
jab,
jag,
jam,
jap,
jar,
jawn,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1374, "the bones of the mouth," perhaps from O.Fr. joue "cheek," from Gaulish *gauta "cheek," or perhaps a variant of words related to chew (q.v.). Replaced O.E. ceace, ceafl. Slang for "to speak" since 1748; hence 19c. U.S. slang jawsmith "talkative person" (1887). Jawbreaker "word hard to pronounce" is from 1839.
2. From Middle English jawe/jowe (“jaw; sides of the lower face”, 14th century), the further origin of which is disputed. Either:
3. * From Anglo-Norman jowe, from Old French joe (“cheek; jaw”), from Vulgar Latin *ga(v)ota (“cheek”), of uncertain further origin.
4. ** It has been objected that the rhyming of jowe (“jaw”) with clowe (“claw”) in Middle English demonstrates that it did not have the vowel /uː/. This would be a concern if /uː/ were the vowel to expect from a borrowing of the Old French word, which it is not. Compare English paw < Middle English pawe/powe < Anglo-Norman powe < Old French poe.
5. * From Middle English *chowe, from Old English *ċēowe. The main difficulties with this theory are the notable lack of evidence and the late attestation of chaw (early 16th century). If it is correct, then the further origin would be Proto-West Germanic *keuwā (“jaw”), whence Saterland Frisian Kiuwe, Dutch kieuw, German Keu, Käu. For the initial consonant, compare jowl as a variant of chavel/chawl.
6. It is also conceivable that the word is a merger of two coincidentally similar sources. Gradually displaced Middle English chavel (from Old English ċeafl).
Sample Sentences
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1933, Ethel Lina White, The Spiral Staircase (Some Must Watch), Chapter 4, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0300931.txt
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He built the Summit, so as to have no neighbours. And Lady Warren couldn't abide It. She was always jawing him about it, and they had one awful quarrel, in his study.
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[…] he waked him, which put him in a main high passion, and he swore woundily at the lieutenant, and called him lousy Scotch son of a whore […], and swab, and lubber, whereby the lieutenant returned the salute, and they jawed together fore and aft a good spell, till at last the captain turned out, and, laying hold of a rattan, came athwart Mr. Bowling's quarter: whereby he told the captain that, if he was not his commander, he would heave him overboard […] [1748, Tobias Smollett, chapter 24, in The Adventures of Roderick Random:]
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Today the beastly boat is level at last and the sun’s out and we have all been jawing about what to do. [1952, C. S. Lewis, chapter 5, in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Collins, published 1998:]