Jawbreaking
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Jawbreaking is an adjective meaning Very difficult to pronounce.
Meaning
Very difficult to pronounce.
Example Sentences
If he had, he would probably write and talk in a jawbreaking technical language that we ordinary mortals could not more understand readily than we can work a cross-word puzzle without resorting to the dictionary.
Lord Cockburn, whose forte was not the civil law, affected to listen attentively and take ample notes, when, at last, on Mr Brodie citing some German civilian with a jawbreaking name, his lordship interrupting him asked, […]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include crackjaw, hard, guttural, cracking, jarry, jawjutting.
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