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jaw-dropping

[jaw-drop-ing]

adjective

Informal.
  1. causing astonishment or surprise; amazing.

    The company has reported a jaw-dropping annual profit of $30 billion.



jaw-dropping

adjective

  1. informalĢżamazing

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • jaw-droppingly adverb
  • ˈĀį²¹·É-ˌ»å°ł“DZč±č¾±²Ō²µ±ō²ā adverb
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of jaw-dropping1

First recorded in 1900–05; jaw 1 ( def. ) + dropping ( def. )
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For us, the rest of the evening was almost as memorable, a mix of jaw-dropping beauty and carefree fun.

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There is real magic to what Cruise and McQuarrie pull off with this film’s harrowing stunts, which include two of the franchise’s most jaw-dropping set pieces.

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The sheer graft of it isn’t the only jaw-dropping aspect of President Donald Trump’s eagerness to accept a $400 million luxury jet as a gift from the emirate of Qatar.

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The MPs also raised concerns about the "jaw-dropping" amount of money lawyers are making from clinical negligence claims.

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"I mean it's kind of jaw-dropping," Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon told the BBC on Friday, speaking of Leo's election.

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