Gapemouthed

adj, adv

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of gape-mouthed. alt-of, alternative

    "While the rock world seemed generally gapemouthed by the tragedy and the country crowd descended to knee-jerk jingoism, blues artists tried to put the whole horrible business in some sort of perspective."

Adverb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of gape-mouthed. alt-of, alternative

    "Abreast of the first soldier, he too took in the round collar and halted gapemouthed."

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"While the rock world seemed generally gapemouthed by the tragedy and the country crowd descended to knee-jerk jingoism, blues artists tried to put the whole horrible business in some sort of perspective."

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