jaw-jawEnglishOxford Dictionary of Englishjaw-jaw /ˈdʒɔːdʒɔː / informal ▸ noun [mass noun] talking, especially lengthy and pointless discussion: a week of financial jaw-jaw. ▸ verb talk, especially at length: to jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war. – ORIGIN mid 19th century (rare before the 1950s): reduplication of jaw.