See gobsmacked on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "As if smacked (“hit”) in the gob (“mouth (Irish / Scottish gaelic)”).\nAttested since 1959, from Northern English dialect, particularly Liverpool, popularized via television.",
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"ref": "1925 December 5, A Yorkshire Clod-Hopper, “From a Yorkshire Clod-Hopper”, in The Bee-keepers' Record, volumes 49-53, J. Herrod-Hempsall, retrieved 2018-06-08, page 175:",
"text": "That wad mack im about yam sick, so ower Ilkla' moor bar-tat wish un best of luck at Ilkley Station, and when he landed back Martha wad be fare gob smacked at the yarns he wad tell 'er about Yorkshire clod-hoppers.",
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"ref": "1989 August 7, Glenn Frankel, “Salman Rushdie's Life on the Run”, in Los Angeles Times:",
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"ref": "2008 June 16, Caroline Mallan, “Linwood Barclay novel wins a plug on key UK book list”, in Toronto Star, Canada, page A2:",
"text": "\"I guess the word would be gobsmacked,\" Barclay said, of his reaction. \"I am stunned.\"",
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"ref": "2023 August 10, Matthew Cantor, “‘Paul McCartney winked right at me’: the fans who buy nosebleed seats – and get whisked to the front”, in The Guardian, UK:",
"text": "Far from the stage, a woman approached them and said she could tell they were big fans, so she was upgrading them to the front row. “We were absolutely gobsmacked,” Ryan said.",
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"Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed."
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"astounded"
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"speechless"
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"(chiefly UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, slang) Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed."
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"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "estomaqué"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "sprachlos"
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"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
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"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "gáttaður"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "hane"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "hanepī"
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"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
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"roman": "potrjasjónnyj",
"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "потрясённый"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "osupnut"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "estupefacto"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "paff"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "förbluffad"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
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"ref": "1925 December 5, A Yorkshire Clod-Hopper, “From a Yorkshire Clod-Hopper”, in The Bee-keepers' Record, volumes 49-53, J. Herrod-Hempsall, retrieved 2018-06-08, page 175:",
"text": "That wad mack im about yam sick, so ower Ilkla' moor bar-tat wish un best of luck at Ilkley Station, and when he landed back Martha wad be fare gob smacked at the yarns he wad tell 'er about Yorkshire clod-hoppers.",
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"type": "quote"
},
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"text": "Far from the stage, a woman approached them and said she could tell they were big fans, so she was upgrading them to the front row. “We were absolutely gobsmacked,” Ryan said.",
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"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "sprachlos"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "überrascht"
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"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "gáttaður"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "hane"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "hanepī"
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"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "mae"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "potrjasjónnyj",
"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "потрясённый"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "osupnut"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "estupefacto"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "paff"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "förbluffad"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed",
"word": "förstummad"
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"word": "gobsmacked"
}
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