Meanings
nounjaw-dropper (plural jaw-droppers)
plural jaw-droppers
- informalSomething 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
Origin
From jaw + dropper, from earlier jaw-dropping.
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jaw-dropper. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jaw-dropper
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