jawbreaker

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English

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Etymology

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Compound of jaw +‎ breaker.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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jawbreaker (plural jawbreakers)

  1. A large, extremely hard, boiled candy, typically spherical.
    Synonym: (UK) gobstopper
    • 2005, Keith Zimmerman, MythBusters: The Explosive Truth Behind 30 of the Most Perplexing Urban Legends of All Time, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
      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.
  2. A long, hard-to-pronounce word.
    Synonyms: mouthful, jaw-twister
    The word “callipygous” is something of a jawbreaker.
  3. (boxing, slang) A hard blow to the side of the face.
    • 1987, James Clarke, Like it was: The Star, 100 Years in Johannesburg, page 9:
      Bendoff went pluckily forward, but only to receive a jawbreaker from Couper's left, []

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