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Meaning of crackjaw | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Difficult or unpleasant to pronounce.

not-comparable

Examples

“a crackjaw language”
“a crackjaw name”
“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."”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

crackled crackless cracklier crackliest cracklike crackling

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