jaw-dropping
adj/ˈd͡ʒɔː ˌdɹɒpɪŋ/UK/ˈd͡ʒɔ ˌdɹɑpɪŋ/US
Etymology
A reference to a person’s mouth open wide in amazement or shock.
Definitions
Causing great awe or surprise.
- The acrobatic performance in the theater was jaw dropping.
- Bag of Bones is, hands down, [Stephen] King's most narratively subversive fiction. Whenever you're positive–just positive!–you know where this ghost story is heading, that's exactly when it gallops off in some jaw-dropping new direction.
- [Iggy] Pop's was the most jaw-dropping stage show anywhere. He made a point of bloodying himself with broken glass at virtually all of his shows.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA