jawbreaker

See also: jaw-breaker

English

Alternative forms

jaw breaker

Etymology

jaw +‎ breaker

Noun

jawbreaker (plural jawbreakers)

A large, extremely hard, boiled candy, typically spherical.
A long, hard-to-pronounce word.
The word “callipygous” is something of a jawbreaker.

Synonyms

(candy): gobstopper
(hard word): mouthful, jaw-twister

See also

niggerball (South African, dated, offensive)

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