jawbreaker
Americannoun
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Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce.
real jawbreakers like "antidisestablishmentarianism" or "antiangiogenic."
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a very hard, usually round, candy.
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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.
noun
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Also called: jawcrusher. a device having hinged jaws for crushing rocks and ores
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informal a word that is hard to pronounce
Other Word Forms
- jawbreaking adjective
- jawbreakingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of jawbreaker
Example Sentences
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“Yeah,” I said as I shoved the little box down in my pocket, “I’d like a dime’s worth of jawbreakers.”
From Literature
I fingered striped suspenders and stiff new overalls, peeked in the pickle barrel, and examined jars of peppermint sticks and jawbreakers.
From Literature
They had eaten funnel cakes and candy apples and jawbreakers but had not yet sampled the ice cream.
From Literature
“I always describe the bags as being like beautiful white jawbreakers with saccharine colors all over them,” says Liana Satenstein, 35, a writer who focuses on the vintage market.
From Los Angeles Times
Most people give little thought to Earth’s deep interior, thinking of our home planet as simple nested layers, like a jawbreaker hard candy.
From Washington Post
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