tappa hakan

Swedish

Etymology

tappa (“drop”) +‎ hakan (“one's chin”)

Verb

tappa hakan (present tappar hakan, preterite tappade hakan, supine tappat hakan, imperative tappa hakan)

1. (idiomatic) to have one's jaw drop (become very surprised, shocked, or amazed)

   Hon tappade hakan

   Her jaw dropped

   Det fick henne att tappa hakan

   It made her jaw drop ("made her drop her chin")

See also

• tappa andan (“become breathless”)

References

• haka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• haka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• haka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)