jawbreaker
noun
a word that is hard to pronounce.
jawbreaking
-
a word derived from
jawbreaker.
Example Sentences
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Some lenders fear that this process, known to economists by the jawbreaking name of "disintermediation," is already beginning.
From Time Magazine Archive
The process can produce a highly toxic substance with the jawbreaking name of tetrachlorodibenzodioxine, or, as it is more commonly called, TCDD.
From Time Magazine Archive
A new simplified presentation of a jawbreaking language was available last week at the Oxford University Press, Bombay branch.
From Time Magazine Archive
Medical science has a jawbreaking name but no treatment and no sign of a cure for a mysterious wasting of the muscles.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a quiet, gentlemanly young fellow, blessed with a goodly share of Irish wit, and a rich vocabulary of jawbreaking words.
From A Ball Player's Career Being the Personal Experiences and Reminiscensces of Adrian C. Anson by Adrian Constantine Anson
