glass jaw

English

Etymology

An allusion to the fact that glass is easily breakable.

Noun

glass jaw (plural glass jaws)

(chiefly boxing) A sensitive chin or jaw, the physical striking of which tends to result in a knockout.
- 1989, Bryce Courtenay, The Power of One, →ISBN, page 109:
  "How was I to know that big ape had a glass jaw?"

Synonyms

glass chin, bad chin

Antonyms

chin

Translations

sensitive chin or jaw

Finnish: lasileuka (fi)

German: Glaskinn n

See also

chinny (adj.)

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