What it means
Means to shock or stun someone so hard their mouth falls open, like they’ve been slapped by the news. You’ll see it most as gobsmacked, but the verb to gobsmack is there when you want to blame the thing that did it. Perfect for rude prices, mad confessions, or anyone’s cheeky behaviour.
Usage examples
"The letting agent said the rent’s gone up again and it proper gobsmacked me, I just stared at him, mouth open, like an absolute muppet."
"The bill properly gobsmacked us, forty quid for two coffees and a slice of cake nobody finished."
"It gobsmacked the whole room when the quiet one stood up and announced he was moving to Japan."
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