gobsmack

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gobsmack

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Back-formation from gobsmacked and gobsmacking.

verb gobsmacks · gobsmacking · gobsmacked

Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, transitive To astonish, to render temporarily stuck for words.

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verb To render temporarily stuck for words

Deutsch	überraschen, sprachlos machen

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"gobsmack." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gobsmack. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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gobsmack. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gobsmack

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"gobsmack." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gobsmack.

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@misc{gobsmack_2026,
  title = {gobsmack},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gobsmack},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}