jawbreaker
[ jaw-brey-ker ]
/ ˈdʒɔˌbreɪ kər /
noun
Informal.
a word that is hard to pronounce.
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.
OTHER WORDS FROM jawbreaker
jaw·break·ing, adjective jaw·break·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby jawbreaker
jaw-dropping,
jaw-winking syndrome,
jawan,
jawara,
jawbone,
jawbreaker,
jawed,
jawfish,
jawlensky,
jawless fish,
jawlike
Example sentences from the Web for jawbreaker
His title is a jawbreaker: director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.
Well, you see, hes the only fellow in the club who knows how to pronounce the names of those Russian and Polish jawbreaker towns.
Anecdotes of the Great War |Carleton Britton CaseHe had been careful, however, to pick the jawbreaker up and put it in his mouth.
Pee-Wee Harris Adrift |Percy Keese Fitzhugh
British Dictionary definitions for jawbreaker
jawbreaker
/ (ˈdʒɔːˌbreɪkə) /
noun
Also called: jawcrusher
a device having hinged jaws for crushing rocks and ores
informal
a word that is hard to pronounce