Synonyms for jawbone
ˈdʒɔˌboʊnjaw·bone

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1. jawbonenoun

   Synonyms:
   mandible, maxilla

2. jawbonenoun

   To talk persistently to persuade a person or people to cooperate.

   Synonyms:
   mandible, maxilla

3. jawbonenoun

   Any of the bones in lower or upper jaw.

   Synonyms:
   maxilla, mandible

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1. lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone, jowlverb

   the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth

   Synonyms:
   lower jaw, jowl, mandible, lower jawbone, mandibula, submaxilla, mandibular bone

2. shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawboneverb

   talk idly or casually and in a friendly way

   Synonyms:
   shmoose, schmooze, shmooze, schmoose

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1. David Axelrod:

   I've said it many times you cannot jawbone people into feeling better.

2. Pat Keon:

   The Federal Reserve continued to jawbone the market with additional hawkish comments about the potential for an interest rate hike in December.

3. Joe Davis:

   We followed what indisputably looked like a spine and Paul discovered something further along that could have been a jawbone, i couldn’t quite believe it.