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jawdropper

jawdropper is the alternative form 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

Forms of jawdropper

pluraljawdroppers

Questions about jawdropper

What is jawdropper the alternative form of?
Jawdropper is the alternative form of jaw-dropper.

Words near jawdropper in the dictionary

  1. jawboxes
  2. jawbreaker
  3. jawbreakers
  4. jawbreaking
  5. jawbreakingly
  6. jawdropper
  7. jawdroppers
  8. jawdropping
  9. jawdroppingly
  10. jawed
  11. jawed away

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