Meaning of Jawbreaker | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A large, extremely hard, boiled candy, typically spherical.
2. A long, hard-to-pronounce word.
3. A hard blow to the side of the face.
   slang

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Examples

“If somebody microwaves a large jawbreaker and nibbles on the outside, a crack can cause molten candy to burst⟳ out and cause painful burns. Exploding jawbreakers have⟳ been documented on television news and in police reports.”

“The word “callipygous” is something of a jawbreaker.”

“Bendoff went pluckily forward⟳, but only to receive⟳ a jawbreaker from Couper's left, […]”

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