jawbreakingly

jawbreakingly
jaw·break·ing·ly

English syllables. 2014.

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  • jawbreakingly — See jawbreaking. * * * …   Universalium

  • jawbreakingly — adverb see jawbreaking …   Useful english dictionary

  • jawbreaker — jawbreaking, adj. jawbreakingly, adv. /jaw bray keuhr/, n. 1. Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce. 2. a very hard, usually round, candy. 3. Also called jaw crusher. Mining. a machine used to break up ore, consisting of a fixed plate and a… …   Universalium

  • jaw-breaker — also jawbreaker 1839, word hard to pronounce (jawbreakingly, in reference to pronouncing words, is from 1824), from JAW (Cf. jaw) (n.) + agent noun from BREAK (Cf. break) (v.). As a type of candy, by 1911 …   Etymology dictionary

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