Definition of gobsmacked in English:

gobsmacked

adjective ˈɡɒbsmaktˈɡɑbˌsmækt

British informal

Utterly astonished; astounded.
〈英，非正式〉大吃一惊的；目瞪口呆的
the locals were gobsmacked when us lot trooped in
Example sentencesExamples
- I watched, gobsmacked, as he was blindfolded and went on to identify random objects from the crowd by passing his hands over them but not touching them.
- ‘It was a real bargain,’ said the gobsmacked health service worker, who doesn't even like football.
- ‘We were gobsmacked by the success of the film, we couldn't believe it,’ Borland says.
- Have you then seen the same old coffin dodger like ten years later and been utterly gobsmacked to see them still alive and kicking?
- He was just glowing afterwards, he was gobsmacked.
- I felt angry and tricked and was totally gobsmacked.
- Steve, the centre's deputy head of operations, sounding like a man who might be gobsmacked to hear that this wasn't universal behaviour in the British working population.
- Fernandez recently threw a party for one of his daughters at the Royal Botanical Gardens, to which gobsmacked guests were ferried in limos and greeted by mock paparazzi.
- ‘I think children and parents are going to be gobsmacked when they look around,’ he said, speaking ahead of yesterday's open day.
- I was gobsmacked to hear the Nottingham game had been cancelled, but it was all timed to perfection by SMG.
- Needless to say, the girlies - many of whom may have defended their idols in the playground against gay rumours - were gobsmacked.
- I'm pretty gobsmacked that it's being considered.
- There are still some things in life which leave me utterly gobsmacked.
- I was gobsmacked to hear, in a set of headlines today, that the coalition was suffering ‘significant casualties’.
- There are times when you run out of words to describe the actions of local politicians - you are sometimes left gobsmacked by the sheer audacity of their decisions.
- He was gutted, gobsmacked, and didn't care who knew.
- I'd never been so utterly gobsmacked by the beauty of a place.
- Fielding at short mid wicket he took off, flung himself full length to his left and caught the ball in his outstretched left hand leaving Young gobsmacked.
- The few times I did walk away, she would be utterly gobsmacked by my actions.
- Since then we've been gobsmacked with the response.
Synonyms
amazed, filled with astonishment, filled with amazement, astounded, staggered, surprised, startled, stunned, thunderstruck, aghast, taken aback, confounded, dumbfounded, stupefied, dazed, nonplussed, dumbstruck, open-mouthed, agape, lost for words, wide-eyed, awed, filled with awe, filled with wonder, awestruck, wonderstruck

Derivatives

gobsmacking

adjective ˈɡɒbsmakɪŋˈɡɑbˌsmækɪŋ

British

informal

Utterly astonishing; astounding.
〈英，非正式〉大吃一惊的；目瞪口呆的
the hypocrisy of the man is just gobsmacking
Example sentencesExamples
- Not as gobsmacking as the first Alias collection, but really, these comics grabbed me and have not yet let me go.
- Even more cosmetics are bought in Japan than in the USA and a gobsmacking 49 percent of the world's fashion luxury goods are bought by the Japanese, mainly when travelling.
- It is gobsmacking and unfortunately all too predictable of a Londoncentric art world.

Origin

1980s: from gob³ + smack¹, with reference to being shocked by a blow to the mouth, or to clapping a hand to one's mouth in astonishment.

The word gobsmacked presumably refers either to the shock of being hit in the mouth or to the action of clapping your hand to your mouth in astonishment. Gob, an informal word for ‘mouth’ (mid 16th century), may come from Scottish Gaelic gob ‘beak or mouth’. Gab, as in the gift of the gab and the adjective gabby, both early 18th century, are variants of gob. There is another gob (Late Middle English), ‘a lump of something’, that came into English from Old French gobe ‘mouthful or lump’ which may also be Celtic: gobble (early 17th century) is probably based on this gob.

Definition of gobsmacked in US English:

gobsmacked

adjectiveˈɡäbˌsmaktˈɡɑbˌsmækt

British informal

Utterly astonished; astounded.
〈英，非正式〉大吃一惊的；目瞪口呆的
Example sentencesExamples
- I'd never been so utterly gobsmacked by the beauty of a place.
- Since then we've been gobsmacked with the response.
- ‘I think children and parents are going to be gobsmacked when they look around,’ he said, speaking ahead of yesterday's open day.
- I felt angry and tricked and was totally gobsmacked.
- I was gobsmacked to hear, in a set of headlines today, that the coalition was suffering ‘significant casualties’.
- I was gobsmacked to hear the Nottingham game had been cancelled, but it was all timed to perfection by SMG.
- The few times I did walk away, she would be utterly gobsmacked by my actions.
- Have you then seen the same old coffin dodger like ten years later and been utterly gobsmacked to see them still alive and kicking?
- Steve, the centre's deputy head of operations, sounding like a man who might be gobsmacked to hear that this wasn't universal behaviour in the British working population.
- Fernandez recently threw a party for one of his daughters at the Royal Botanical Gardens, to which gobsmacked guests were ferried in limos and greeted by mock paparazzi.
- ‘It was a real bargain,’ said the gobsmacked health service worker, who doesn't even like football.
- He was just glowing afterwards, he was gobsmacked.
- ‘We were gobsmacked by the success of the film, we couldn't believe it,’ Borland says.
- I'm pretty gobsmacked that it's being considered.
- Needless to say, the girlies - many of whom may have defended their idols in the playground against gay rumours - were gobsmacked.
- Fielding at short mid wicket he took off, flung himself full length to his left and caught the ball in his outstretched left hand leaving Young gobsmacked.
- He was gutted, gobsmacked, and didn't care who knew.
- There are still some things in life which leave me utterly gobsmacked.
- There are times when you run out of words to describe the actions of local politicians - you are sometimes left gobsmacked by the sheer audacity of their decisions.
- I watched, gobsmacked, as he was blindfolded and went on to identify random objects from the crowd by passing his hands over them but not touching them.
Synonyms
amazed, filled with astonishment, filled with amazement, astounded, staggered, surprised, startled, stunned, thunderstruck, aghast, taken aback, confounded, dumbfounded, stupefied, dazed, nonplussed, dumbstruck, open-mouthed, agape, lost for words, wide-eyed, awed, filled with awe, filled with wonder, awestruck, wonderstruck

Origin

1980s: from gob + smack, with reference to being shocked by a blow to the mouth, or to clapping a hand to one's mouth in astonishment.

词汇	gobsmacked
释义	Definition of gobsmacked in English: gobsmacked adjective ˈɡɒbsmaktˈɡɑbˌsmækt British informal Utterly astonished; astounded. 〈英，非正式〉大吃一惊的；目瞪口呆的 the locals were gobsmacked when us lot trooped in Example sentencesExamples I watched, gobsmacked, as he was blindfolded and went on to identify random objects from the crowd by passing his hands over them but not touching them. ‘It was a real bargain,’ said the gobsmacked health service worker, who doesn't even like football. ‘We were gobsmacked by the success of the film, we couldn't believe it,’ Borland says. Have you then seen the same old coffin dodger like ten years later and been utterly gobsmacked to see them still alive and kicking? He was just glowing afterwards, he was gobsmacked. I felt angry and tricked and was totally gobsmacked. Steve, the centre's deputy head of operations, sounding like a man who might be gobsmacked to hear that this wasn't universal behaviour in the British working population. Fernandez recently threw a party for one of his daughters at the Royal Botanical Gardens, to which gobsmacked guests were ferried in limos and greeted by mock paparazzi. ‘I think children and parents are going to be gobsmacked when they look around,’ he said, speaking ahead of yesterday's open day. I was gobsmacked to hear the Nottingham game had been cancelled, but it was all timed to perfection by SMG. Needless to say, the girlies - many of whom may have defended their idols in the playground against gay rumours - were gobsmacked. I'm pretty gobsmacked that it's being considered. There are still some things in life which leave me utterly gobsmacked. I was gobsmacked to hear, in a set of headlines today, that the coalition was suffering ‘significant casualties’. There are times when you run out of words to describe the actions of local politicians - you are sometimes left gobsmacked by the sheer audacity of their decisions. He was gutted, gobsmacked, and didn't care who knew. I'd never been so utterly gobsmacked by the beauty of a place. Fielding at short mid wicket he took off, flung himself full length to his left and caught the ball in his outstretched left hand leaving Young gobsmacked. The few times I did walk away, she would be utterly gobsmacked by my actions. Since then we've been gobsmacked with the response. Synonyms amazed, filled with astonishment, filled with amazement, astounded, staggered, surprised, startled, stunned, thunderstruck, aghast, taken aback, confounded, dumbfounded, stupefied, dazed, nonplussed, dumbstruck, open-mouthed, agape, lost for words, wide-eyed, awed, filled with awe, filled with wonder, awestruck, wonderstruck Derivatives gobsmacking adjective ˈɡɒbsmakɪŋˈɡɑbˌsmækɪŋ British informal Utterly astonishing; astounding. 〈英，非正式〉大吃一惊的；目瞪口呆的 the hypocrisy of the man is just gobsmacking Example sentencesExamples Not as gobsmacking as the first Alias collection, but really, these comics grabbed me and have not yet let me go. Even more cosmetics are bought in Japan than in the USA and a gobsmacking 49 percent of the world's fashion luxury goods are bought by the Japanese, mainly when travelling. It is gobsmacking and unfortunately all too predictable of a Londoncentric art world. Origin 1980s: from gob³ + smack¹, with reference to being shocked by a blow to the mouth, or to clapping a hand to one's mouth in astonishment. The word gobsmacked presumably refers either to the shock of being hit in the mouth or to the action of clapping your hand to your mouth in astonishment. Gob, an informal word for ‘mouth’ (mid 16th century), may come from Scottish Gaelic gob ‘beak or mouth’. Gab, as in the gift of the gab and the adjective gabby, both early 18th century, are variants of gob. There is another gob (Late Middle English), ‘a lump of something’, that came into English from Old French gobe ‘mouthful or lump’ which may also be Celtic: gobble (early 17th century) is probably based on this gob. Definition of gobsmacked in US English: gobsmacked adjectiveˈɡäbˌsmaktˈɡɑbˌsmækt British informal Utterly astonished; astounded. 〈英，非正式〉大吃一惊的；目瞪口呆的 Example sentencesExamples I'd never been so utterly gobsmacked by the beauty of a place. Since then we've been gobsmacked with the response. ‘I think children and parents are going to be gobsmacked when they look around,’ he said, speaking ahead of yesterday's open day. I felt angry and tricked and was totally gobsmacked. I was gobsmacked to hear, in a set of headlines today, that the coalition was suffering ‘significant casualties’. I was gobsmacked to hear the Nottingham game had been cancelled, but it was all timed to perfection by SMG. The few times I did walk away, she would be utterly gobsmacked by my actions. Have you then seen the same old coffin dodger like ten years later and been utterly gobsmacked to see them still alive and kicking? Steve, the centre's deputy head of operations, sounding like a man who might be gobsmacked to hear that this wasn't universal behaviour in the British working population. Fernandez recently threw a party for one of his daughters at the Royal Botanical Gardens, to which gobsmacked guests were ferried in limos and greeted by mock paparazzi. ‘It was a real bargain,’ said the gobsmacked health service worker, who doesn't even like football. He was just glowing afterwards, he was gobsmacked. ‘We were gobsmacked by the success of the film, we couldn't believe it,’ Borland says. I'm pretty gobsmacked that it's being considered. Needless to say, the girlies - many of whom may have defended their idols in the playground against gay rumours - were gobsmacked. Fielding at short mid wicket he took off, flung himself full length to his left and caught the ball in his outstretched left hand leaving Young gobsmacked. He was gutted, gobsmacked, and didn't care who knew. There are still some things in life which leave me utterly gobsmacked. There are times when you run out of words to describe the actions of local politicians - you are sometimes left gobsmacked by the sheer audacity of their decisions. I watched, gobsmacked, as he was blindfolded and went on to identify random objects from the crowd by passing his hands over them but not touching them. Synonyms amazed, filled with astonishment, filled with amazement, astounded, staggered, surprised, startled, stunned, thunderstruck, aghast, taken aback, confounded, dumbfounded, stupefied, dazed, nonplussed, dumbstruck, open-mouthed, agape, lost for words, wide-eyed, awed, filled with awe, filled with wonder, awestruck, wonderstruck Origin 1980s: from gob + smack, with reference to being shocked by a blow to the mouth, or to clapping a hand to one's mouth in astonishment.
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