Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the mouth open.
- adjective Gaping in astonishment or wonder.
- adjective Loudly insistent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the mouth open.
- Clamorous; vociferous.
- Greedy; ravenous; clamoring at the sight of game or prey.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
Talkative , speaking freely. - adjective With the
mouth open . - adjective
Gaping insurprise ,wonder orastonishment .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective with eyes or mouth open in surprise
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Examples
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At the end of it all, I realised I had never truly understood the expression open-mouthed until then.
What's Going On Mark Steel 2009
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The only missing Fordian set piece is his famous leap from an explosion with one hand in front of his face and his familiar open-mouthed rictus.
Michael Jones: Cowboys and Aliens Michael Jones 2011
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Mary McAleese, the Irish president, who was sitting beside the Queen, turned to others at the table open-mouthed, exclaiming "wow".
Irish eyes are smiling: show of respect turns Queen into runaway favourite 2011
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All the Marilyns were based on a single, cropped, open-mouthed, glossily-lipsticked ad vivum publicity photograph, but straight away Andy began the process of boiling down the image still further.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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Others were just watching on from their homes open-mouthed in horror.
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The only missing Fordian set piece is his famous leap from an explosion with one hand in front of his face and his familiar open-mouthed rictus.
Michael Jones: Cowboys and Aliens Michael Jones 2011
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Startled, we both stood open-mouthed in the road, unsure of what to say.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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Another highlight will be a royal 19th-century statue of an open-mouthed lion, with big teeth, made of silver, gold and brass that comes from the Fon people of Benin estimate: €200,000-€300,000.
Tribal Art Takes Center Stage Margaret Studer 2011
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The only missing Fordian set piece is his famous leap from an explosion with one hand in front of his face and his familiar open-mouthed rictus.
Michael Jones: Cowboys and Aliens Michael Jones 2011
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This leaves even a fan like me slightly open-mouthed with respect.
The World Turned Upside Down Larry Miller 2010
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