Usually means: Surprised with mouth wide open.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word open-mouthed:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. open-mouthed: Merriam-Webster
  2. open-mouthed: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. open-mouthed: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. open-mouthed, open-mouthed: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Open-mouthed, open-mouthed: Wordnik
  6. open-mouthed: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. open-mouthed: Wiktionary
  8. open-mouthed: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. open-mouthed: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. open-mouthed: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Open-mouthed, open-mouthed: Dictionary.com
  12. Open-mouthed: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. open-mouthed: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. open-mouthed: FreeDictionary.org
  15. open-mouthed: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. Open-mouthed: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. open-mouthed: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (literally) With the mouth open.
adjective:  Gaping in surprise, wonder or astonishment.
adjective:  (obsolete) Talkative; eager to speak.

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