jawbreaker
Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce: real jawbreakers like "antidisestablishmentarianism" or "antiangiogenic."
a very hard, usually round, candy.
Also called jaw crusher. Mining. a machine used to break up ore, consisting of a fixed plate and a hinged jaw moved by a toggle joint.
Origin of jawbreaker
1Other words from jawbreaker
- jawbreaking, adjective
- jaw·break·ing·ly, adverb
Words Nearby jawbreaker
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How to use jawbreaker in a sentence
His title is a jawbreaker: director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.
He had been careful, however, to pick the jawbreaker up and put it in his mouth.
Pee-Wee Harris Adrift | Percy Keese FitzhughWell, you see, hes the only fellow in the club who knows how to pronounce the names of those Russian and Polish jawbreaker towns.
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British Dictionary definitions for jawbreaker
/ (ˈdʒɔːˌbreɪkə) /
Also called: jawcrusher a device having hinged jaws for crushing rocks and ores
informal a word that is hard to pronounce
Derived forms of jawbreaker
- jawbreaking, adjective
- jawbreakingly, adverb
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