ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Crackjaw

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Crackjaw is an adjective meaning Difficult or unpleasant to pronounce.

Meaning

Difficult or unpleasant to pronounce.

Example Sentences

a crackjaw name
a crackjaw language
Benjamin Disraeli, who was a pretty bright guy—a novelist, debater, and prime minister of England—tried to identify a person once and ended up exclaiming, "A Polish nobleman, a Count somebody; I never can remember their crack-jaw name."

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include jawbreaking, cracking, crepitant, crepitous, crackling, jawjutting.

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