"gobsmack" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-gobsmack.ogg Forms: gobsmacks [present, singular, third-person], gobsmacking [participle, present], gobsmacked [participle, past], gobsmacked [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from gobsmacked and gobsmacking. Head templates: {{en-verb}} gobsmack (third-person singular simple present gobsmacks, present participle gobsmacking, simple past and past participle gobsmacked)
  1. (transitive, slang) To astonish, to render temporarily stuck for words. Tags: slang, transitive Translations (To render temporarily stuck for words): überraschen (German), sprachlos machen (German), whakahanepī (Maori)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "To render temporarily stuck for words",
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