jaw-breakern.

Brit.

/ˈdʒɔːˌbreɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈdʒɔˌbreɪkər/,

/ˈdʒɑˌbreɪkər/

colloquial.

1. A word hard to pronounce; a word of many syllables.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [noun] > lack of euphony > a word hard to pronounce

jaw-breaker1839

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > wordmongering > sesquipedalianism > sesquipedalian word

sesquipedalian1830

jaw-breaker1839

1839 C. J. Lever Confessions Harry Lorrequer xix I'd rather hear the Cruiskeen Lawn..than a score of your high Dutch jawbreakers.

1886 D. C. Murray First Person Sing. xviii. 136 It's a jawbreaker at first for an Englishman.

1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. i. 14 You will find no ‘jawbreakers’ in Sackville.

2. A machine with powerful jaws for crushing ore, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for treating ores > [noun] > for crushing ore

stamping-mill1552

bucker1653

buck1683

stamp-mill1752

Ball stamp1860

jaw-breaker1877

jaw-crusher1877

spaller1877

arrastre1881

trapiche1881

gravitation stamp1894

ball mill1895

gravity stamp1903

slugger1903

tube-mill1909

1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 421 I speak of the rolls as more applicable for completing the crushing of the ore as it comes in small pieces from the jaw-breaker.

Derivatives

ˈjaw-breaking adj. colloquial hard to pronounce.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > not euphonious > hard to pronounce

pouch-mouth1565

crack-jaw1827

jaw-breaking1842

1842 W. M. Thackeray Miss Tickletoby's Lect. i, in Wks. (1886) XXIV. 13 He conquered a great number of princes with jaw-breaking names.

1883 Good Words Sept. 592/2 A little plant that has a jaw-breaking name.

ˈjaw-ˌbreakingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adverb] > jaw-breakingly

jaw-breakingly1824

1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 16 191 Entitled by a name most jaw-breakingly perplexing.

Draft additions August 2007

North American. A large, hard, spherical sweet; a gobstopper.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom.

ΚΠ

1875 Chicago Tribune 21 Nov. 2/6 Each one had grown tired of jaw-breakers and popcorn balls.

1921 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 22 Jan. 5/1 They call these round balls of candy by the name jawbreakers because they would crack or break your jaw if you tried to chew them.

2006 North Shore News (Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 20 Dec. 39 Sweet-tooth pleasers like..jaw breakers and chocolate-covered gummy bears.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jaw-breaker
释义	jaw-breakern. Brit. /ˈdʒɔːˌbreɪkə/, U.S. /ˈdʒɔˌbreɪkər/, /ˈdʒɑˌbreɪkər/ colloquial. 1. A word hard to pronounce; a word of many syllables. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [noun] > lack of euphony > a word hard to pronounce jaw-breaker1839 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > wordmongering > sesquipedalianism > sesquipedalian word sesquipedalian1830 jaw-breaker1839 1839 C. J. Lever Confessions Harry Lorrequer xix I'd rather hear the Cruiskeen Lawn..than a score of your high Dutch jawbreakers. 1886 D. C. Murray First Person Sing. xviii. 136 It's a jawbreaker at first for an Englishman. 1887 G. Saintsbury Hist. Elizabethan Lit. i. 14 You will find no ‘jawbreakers’ in Sackville. 2. A machine with powerful jaws for crushing ore, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for treating ores > [noun] > for crushing ore stamping-mill1552 bucker1653 buck1683 stamp-mill1752 Ball stamp1860 jaw-breaker1877 jaw-crusher1877 spaller1877 arrastre1881 trapiche1881 gravitation stamp1894 ball mill1895 gravity stamp1903 slugger1903 tube-mill1909 1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 421 I speak of the rolls as more applicable for completing the crushing of the ore as it comes in small pieces from the jaw-breaker. Derivatives ˈjaw-breaking adj. colloquial hard to pronounce. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adjective] > not euphonious > hard to pronounce pouch-mouth1565 crack-jaw1827 jaw-breaking1842 1842 W. M. Thackeray Miss Tickletoby's Lect. i, in Wks. (1886) XXIV. 13 He conquered a great number of princes with jaw-breaking names. 1883 Good Words Sept. 592/2 A little plant that has a jaw-breaking name. ˈjaw-ˌbreakingly adv. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > inelegance > [adverb] > jaw-breakingly jaw-breakingly1824 1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 16 191 Entitled by a name most jaw-breakingly perplexing. Draft additions August 2007 North American. A large, hard, spherical sweet; a gobstopper.A proprietary name in the United Kingdom. ΚΠ 1875 Chicago Tribune 21 Nov. 2/6 Each one had grown tired of jaw-breakers and popcorn balls. 1921 Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 22 Jan. 5/1 They call these round balls of candy by the name jawbreakers because they would crack or break your jaw if you tried to chew them. 2006 North Shore News (Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 20 Dec. 39 Sweet-tooth pleasers like..jaw breakers and chocolate-covered gummy bears. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1824
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