Definition of slack-jawed
slack-jawed 
adjective
- in the manner of a slack-jaw. Also slack-jawed yokel.
Citation from "Magic", Reaper (TV, 2007), Season 1 Episode 4 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: rural dweller.
- See more words with the same meaning: unintelligent person, idiot.
Last edited on May 18 2011. Submitted by Eric W. Carden from Huntsville, AL, USA on Sep 11 1997.
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Other terms relating to 'rural dweller': | |
| Definitions include: a person from a rural area. | |
| Definitions include: an unattractive person from the Bush, i.e. the country-side of Australia. | |
| Definitions include: female genitalia. | |
| Definitions include: a person from a rural area; UN-HIP, BUMPKIN. | |
| Definitions include: a moron or lazy person, typically residing in a rural area; "bumpkin". | |
| Definitions include: a person who lives in a rural area. | |
| Definitions include: From the stereotype that poor people (especially in the Midwestern United States) live in trailer-homes. | |
| Definitions include: poor, uneducated Caucasians. | |
| Definitions include: see good old boy. | |
| Definitions include: a certain type of person living in the rural/southern United States; "hick"; "redneck". | |
| Definitions include: an uncultured person who lives in a rural area. | |
| Definitions include: a person from a rural area; "hick". | |
| Definitions include: abbreviation for redneck. | |
| Definitions include: a person from a rural area. | |
| Definitions include: cigarette. | |
Other terms relating to 'unintelligent person, idiot': | |
| Definitions include: a derogatory term; "asshole"; "jerk". | |
| Definitions include: a shortened form of retard. | |
| Definitions include: very cold. | |
| Definitions include: butthole/jackass | |
| Definitions include: an unintelligent person. | |
| Definitions include: an unintelligent person; "idiot"; "moron". | |
| Definitions include: an unintelligent person. | |
| Definitions include: A mentally handicapped person. | |
| Definitions include: stupid or moronic. | |
| Definitions include: An ignorant and stupid person. | |
| Definitions include: making fun of someone that did something stupid. | |
| Definitions include: a very unintelligent person. | |
| Definitions include: an unintelligent female. | |
| Definitions include: a stupid or absent-minded person. | |
| Definitions include: a foolish person; "ass". | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'jaw': | |
| Definitions include: Someone who can't back up their threats. Related to pussy | |
| Definitions include: to talk, usually excessively. | |
| Definitions include: very surprising. | |
| Definitions include: a moron or lazy person, typically residing in a rural area; "bumpkin". | |
| Definitions include: Someone that is slow, stupid and easy to push around. | |
| Definitions include: not quite right. | |
| Definitions include: talking excessively. | |
Other terms relating to 'slack': | |
| Definitions include: to be lenient. | |
| Definitions include: to idle, waste time. | |
| Definitions include: a druggie partier who doesn't care about getting good grades just about getting high or drunk and what party is this weekend. | |
| Definitions include: a moron or lazy person, typically residing in a rural area; "bumpkin". | |
| Definitions include: Someone that is slow, stupid and easy to push around. | |
| Definitions include: to work less hard than appropriate. | |
| Definitions include: activism that requires little effort (and that often has little effect) and is mainly designed to make participants feel better about themselves. | |
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