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jaw-dropper

noun

Etymology

From jaw + dropper, from earlier jaw-dropping.

  1. derived from *dʰrebʰ-✻ — “to drip, drop”
  2. inherited from *drupô✻ — “drop (of liquid)”
  3. inherited from *dropō✻ — “drop (of liquid)”
  4. inherited from dropa — “a drop”
  5. inherited from drope — “small quantity of liquid; small or least amount of something; pendant jewel; dripping of a liquid; a shower; nasal flow, catarrh; speck, spot; blemish; disease causing spots on the skin”
  6. inherited from droppe
  7. formed as dropper — “drop + -er”
  8. compounded as jaw-dropper — “jaw + dropper”

Definitions

  1. Something causing great awe or surprise

    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, […].

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA