jaw-dropping

American  

[jaw-drop-ing] / ˈdʒɔˌdrɒp ɪŋ /

adjective

Informal.

1. causing astonishment or surprise; amazing.

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

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jaw-dropping British  

adjective

1. informal amazing

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Other Word Forms

• jaw-droppingly adverb

Etymology

Origin of jaw-dropping

First recorded in 1900–05; jaw ¹ ( def. ) + dropping ( def. )

Example Sentences

The 76-year-old began by showing off her jaw-dropping front door, a carved wooden creation that she revealed she had “made in Bali” decades ago and tells the story of “Ramayana,” an ancient Indian poem that details the life of Prince Rama.

From MarketWatch

From a United perspective, the jaw-dropping clash between Idrissa Gueye and Michael Keane can be forgotten beyond the knowledge it left them facing 10 men for 77 minutes.

From BBC

It was beyond jaw-dropping to see the No. 2 person at the DOJ conduct himself this way.

From Slate

In one of the most jaw-dropping moments, McNamara recalls meeting in 1995 with Nguyen Co Thach, Vietnam’s former foreign minister, and being blindsided by Thach’s assertion that the Vietnamese had seen themselves as fighting for their independence, not as pawns of the Chinese or the Russians.

From New York Times

“Just jaw-dropping stuff,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times