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jaw-dropper

jaw-dropper noun: something causing great awe or surprise; a shocker.

Noun

jaw-dropper (plural jaw-droppers)

  1. (informal) Something causing great awe or surprise; a shocker.
    • The arrival of the first Class 313 was a jaw-dropper for long-suffering commuters used to non-gangwayed Class 31 locomotive-hauled rakes of 1950s slam-door coaches, […].2023 February 22, Howard Johnston, “Southern '313s': is the end now in sight?”, in RAIL, number 977, page 42

Forms of jaw-dropper

pluraljaw-droppers

Origin of jaw-dropper

From jaw + dropper, from earlier jaw-dropping.

Questions about jaw-dropper

What does jaw-dropper mean?
Jaw-dropper means something causing great awe or surprise; a shocker.
What part of speech is jaw-dropper?
Jaw-dropper is a noun.
What is the plural of jaw-dropper?
The plural of jaw-dropper is jaw-droppers.

Words near jaw-dropper in the dictionary

  1. jaw-bones
  2. jaw-box
  3. jaw-boxes
  4. jaw-breaker
  5. jaw-breakers
  6. jaw-dropper
  7. jaw-droppers
  8. jaw-dropping
  9. jaw-droppingly
  10. jaw-hole
  11. jaw-holes

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