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jaw-dropping
[ jaw-drop-ing ]
adjective
- causing astonishment or surprise; amazing ( def ):
The company has reported a jaw-dropping annual profit of $30 billion.
jaw-dropping
adjective
- informal.amazing
Derived Forms
- ˈjaw-ˌdroppingly, adverb
Other Word Forms
- jaw-drop·ping·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of jaw-dropping1
Example Sentences
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.
The MPs also raised concerns about the "jaw-dropping" amount of money lawyers are making from clinical negligence claims.
"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.
As if the movie weren’t strange enough as it is, Feig takes a sharp left turn in the final act that’s both jaw-dropping and head-scratching.
The jaw-dropping narrative includes, to support Aimee’s story, a blind lawyer being approached by an agent of her kidnappers, an overlooked ransom note and a twin who claimed it was her sister impersonating Aimee in Carmel.
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