jawbreaker (redirected from jawbreaking)

jaw·break·er  (jôbrkr)

n.

1. A very hard candy.

2. Slang A word that is difficult to pronounce.

3. A machine that crushes rock or ore.

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jawbreaking adj.

jawbreaking·ly adv.

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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

Thesaurus

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

Translations

jawbreaker [ˈdʒɔːˌbreɪkəʳ] N (US) → trabalenguas m inv, palabra f kilométrica