slack-jawed



slack-jawed

1. With one's mouth hanging open, as due to surprise or dim-wittedness. I had to clear away the people who were standing slack-jawed on the side of the road, staring at the car wreck.
2. Moronic; very slow or dim-witted. I tried asking for directions at the gas station, but there was just some slack-jawed yokel working behind the counter.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Norikono-ṙee-koJapanese
DomenicDAHM-ə-nikEnglish
Rostislavrahs-tee-SLAHF (Russian)Russian, Czech, Medieval Slavic
ÉLiÁS-Hungarian
MÉLodie-French
Keikoke:-koJapanese