adjective
- Extremely surprising or shocking; astonishing.
Usage: informal; chiefly British
Examples
- The magician's final trick was absolutely gobsmacking.
- It was gobsmacking to learn that she had won the lottery.
- The news of his sudden resignation was gobsmacking to everyone.
- That performance was gobsmacking—I've never seen anything like it.
- The price of the house was gobsmacking; we couldn't believe it.
- Her talent for painting is simply gobsmacking.