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jaw-droppers

jaw-droppers is the plural of jaw-dropper.

Meaning of jaw-dropper

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

Questions about jaw-droppers

What is jaw-droppers the plural of?
Jaw-droppers is the plural of jaw-dropper.

Words near jaw-droppers in the dictionary

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

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