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What does open-mouthed mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word open-mouthed? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (obsolete) Talkative, speaking freely.
  2. With the mouth open.
  3. Gaping in surprise, wonder or astonishment.
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No, I was more interested in staring open-mouthed and horrified at the person standing in the doorway to the den.
Any triumphalism, filtered through the eyes of a child, is open-mouthed in its surprise and gratitude.
When he got to the bottom of the stairs and saw what they were doing, he stopped in open-mouthed astonishment.
Some stare in open-mouthed curiosity, others dart in and out furtively under the cover of night, she said.
At the sight of our caravan of motor vehicles, the locals along the road stopped work and gazed open-mouthed in surprise and amusement.
He could not help but stare in open-mouthed shock, unable to grasp what his eyes told him.

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