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Definition of Jawbreaker
1. Noun. A large round hard candy.
2. Noun. A word that is hard to pronounce.
Definition of Jawbreaker
1. Noun. A large, extremely hard, boiled candy, typically spherical. ¹
2. Noun. A long, hard-to-pronounce word. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jawbreaker
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jawbreaker
Literary usage of Jawbreaker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Literary Disorders: Holistic Diagnosis and Remediation by Ula C. Manzo, Anthony V. Manzo (1993)
"Jaw You have a giant piece of jawbreaker bubble gum in your mouth. ... Okay,
let's tackle that jawbreaker again now. Bite down. Hard! ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1819)
"... and the Venetian Gondolier, commonly called the jawbreaker. The naval glory
of Venice had, it is true, long been on the wane, but though the city of the ..."
3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"Sleeve-board (tailors), a hard word to pronounce, a jawbreaker. . Slewed (common),
intoxicated. ..."
4. Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in Grades 3-8 by Stephanie Harvey (1998)
""jawbreaker" is stronger than "piece of candy," because it's concrete. When a
noun is specific, adjectives are often unnecessary. ..."
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