jaw·break·er (jô br  k r)n. 1. A very hard candy. 2. Slang A word that is difficult to pronounce. 3. A machine that crushes rock or ore. jaw breaking adj.jaw breaking·ly adv. |
jawbreaker [ˈdʒɔːˌbreɪkə]
n
1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) Also called jawcrusher a device having hinged jaws for crushing rocks and ores
2. Informal a word that is hard to pronounce
jawbreaking adj
jawbreakingly adv
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| Noun | 1. | jawbreaker - a large round hard candy hard candy - candy that is brittle; "you can break a tooth on that hard candy" |
| 2. | jawbreaker - a word that is hard to pronounce polysyllabic word, polysyllable - a word of more than three syllables |
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