1
: full of intense interest or excitement : eager
"… That was the year the Twilight movie was going to come out, and the kids were agog with all things vampire. …"—
Shelley Dorrill
"… There goes Mrs. Tony now, all agog to spread such a delectable bit of gossip."—
Lucy Maud Montgomery
2
a
: wide open : agape
His talent [as a painter] is so enormous that you look at his surfaces with your mouth agog at the near-impossibility of it all.—
Murray Whyte
b
: full of wonder or surprise : astonished
Jones … fired a strike to a waiting receiver that left his coaches agog.—
MK Bower
: in an excited or astonished manner
… he posed for photographs with rugby fans of all ages, before playing with the 39 youths who were staring agog at their idol.—
New Ross (Ireland) Echo
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