someone's jaw dropped

someone's jaw dropped
someone’s jaw dropped phrase
used for saying that someone was very surprised or shocked

Cleo’s jaw dropped in surprise.

Thesaurus: feeling surprised or shockedsynonym
Main entry: jaw

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • someone's jaw dropped — used for saying that someone was very surprised or shocked Cleo s jaw dropped in surprise …   English dictionary

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  • jaw — 1 noun 1 (C) the lower part of your face that moves when you eat: Tyson punched his opponent on the jaw. 2 sb s jaw dropped used to say that someone looked surprised or shocked: Her jaw dropped when I told her Jean had left her husband. 3 jaws… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • jaw — jaw1 [dʒo: US dʒo:] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: joe] 1.) one of the two bones that your teeth are in ▪ a broken jaw lower/upper jaw ▪ an animal with two rows of teeth in its lower jaw 2.) [C usually singular] the lower part of your… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • jaw drops —    If someone s jaw drops, they show total amazement.     When the prize was announced, the winner s jaw dropped …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • drop someone — tv. to knock someone down; to punch and knock down a person. □ Fred dropped Bruno with one punch to the jaw. □ Frank lost his cool and dropped Sam …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • drop — drop1 W2S1 [drɔp US dra:p] v past tense and past participle dropped present participle dropping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(let something fall)¦ 2¦(fall)¦ 3¦(move your body down)¦ 4¦(become less)¦ 5¦(reduce)¦ 6¦(not include)¦ 7¦(stop doing something)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • drop — drop1 [ drap ] verb *** ▸ 1 let something fall ▸ 2 let yourself fall ▸ 3 let fall from aircraft ▸ 4 reduce/get less ▸ 5 not continue with something ▸ 6 not include something/someone ▸ 7 stop talking about something ▸ 8 end relationship with… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • drop — I UK [drɒp] / US [drɑp] verb Word forms drop : present tense I/you/we/they drop he/she/it drops present participle dropping past tense dropped past participle dropped *** 1) [transitive] to deliberately let something fall drop something off… …   English dictionary

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