Definition of "jawboning" []

• Present participle of jawbone. (verb)

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• "Saturn was NOT cancelled because it was too expensive; it was cancelled because there was insufficient political constituency to support it AND because the Administration at the time was grubbing for money anywhere they could find it at a time of price controls and economic "jawboning" (policies no longer utilized by the Federal government)."
• "That had me thinking about "jawboning" versus actual acts."
• "Japan, another traditional haven, didn't benefit from the sour mood in markets due to increased "jawboning" by Japanese officials against yen strength."