Definitions
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- adjective slang, chiefly UK
gobsmacked ;astonished ;astounded
Etymologies
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gob + struck
Examples
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Those comments drew scorn from some elected officials and gobstruck residents who gawked at the river filled with florescent-orange oil-collecting boom from bridges over the Kalamazoo.
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And I swear, when I see a driver come to a complete stop at a stop sign, I drop dead in gobstruck shock.
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I was still gobstruck to find it in Borders though.
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I was still gobstruck to find it in Borders though.
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Whenever we uncover something they should have told us, it's as if they're gobstruck that we hadn't already known it. '
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