fast-breakingn.1
/ˈfɑːs(t)ˌbreɪkɪŋ/, /ˈfas(t)ˌbreɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfæs(t)ˌbreɪkɪŋ/ The action of breaking a fast, esp. one undertaken for religious reasons. Compare to break one's fast at break v. 29c.
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1840 H. Southgate Narr. Tour through Armenia, Kurdistan, Persia, & Mesopotamia I. iv. 106 The first is called by the Turks Idi fetr, The Feast of Fast-breaking.
1871 Punch 25 Mar. 125/2 Would..their Reverences..be reconciled to a Lenten marriage by an arrangement that, at the wedding-breakfast thereafter, to preclude undue fast-breaking, the fare should be limited to red-herrings.
1903 G. E. Ward tr. N. Ahmad Bride's Mirror i. 22 At fast-breaking time, for the last three days, I have been seized with ague.
2002 B. Gordon Swiss Reformation ii. 54 The city fined the complainants who had taken the matter of fast-breaking to the episcopal court.
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fast-breakingadj.1
/ˈfɑːs(t)ˌbreɪkɪŋ/, /ˈfas(t)ˌbreɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfæs(t)ˌbreɪkɪŋ/ΚΠ
1652 E. Sparke Scintillula Altaris 66 These Fast-breaking Hereticks are as old as Epiphanius his time.
2. Of a meal: that marks the end of a fast. Compare to break one's fast at break v. 29c.
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1885 D. Johnston Autobiogr. Reminiscences viii. 47 Moodily we retraced our steps to our fourpenny hotel, nor was the silence broken until our frugal fast-breaking meal was nearly discussed.
1922 Daily Democrat Tribune (Jefferson City, Missouri) 13 Apr. 2/3 Pancakes, waffles,..sausages, fried ham—could any wise person dream that these things were good for the fast breaking meal of the day?
1996 Aramco World Nov. 25/2 Near the cemetery, at a Ramadan iftar, or fast-breaking evening meal, Yunis Hassan recalls the time not long past when pearling supplied the village income.
2013 D. Zinczenko & P. Moore 8-hour Diet vii. 115 I tuck into my fast-breaking meal—whatever time of the day it falls in—with gusto.
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fast-breakingadj.2
/ˈfɑːs(t)ˌbreɪkɪŋ/, /ˈfas(t)ˌbreɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈfæs(t)ˌbreɪkɪŋ/ 1. Baseball. Of a pitch: thrown in such a way that the ball swiftly drops or curves just before reaching the batter (cf. breaking ball n. at breaking adj. Additions). Also (esp. in early use) Cricket: designating a ball pitched or bowled so as to deviate sharply upon touching the ground; compare fast break n. 1.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [adjective] > movement of ball
hot1865
curved1870
fast-breaking1893
roundhouse1897
seeing eye1950
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [adjective] > types of delivery or ball
wide1827
shooting1833
full-pitched1834
bumping1851
overpitched1855
hand over head1862
bumpy1864
right arm1877
breaking1881
fast-breaking1893
leg-breaking1896
hittable1898
off-breaking1904
inswinging1920
underpitched1927
outswinging1929
1893 Morning Post 26 May 3/4 Both were beaten now and again by fast-breaking balls that missed the wicket.
1906 Trenton (New Jersey) Evening Times 1 Oct. 11/2 The Bowmans could do little or nothing with Eguer, who had both speed and fast breaking curves.
1971 Free Press (Diboll, Texas) 6 May 8/4 Farr mowed down the Jacks with a good fast ball and fast-breaking drop for three innings.
2010 Daily News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 16 Dec. 63 Almost equally devastating as his fastball was his big, fast-breaking curve.
2. Sport (esp. Rugby and Basketball). That uses swift attacks made from a defensive position. Compare fast break n. 2.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [adjective] > making a swift attack from a defensive position
fast-breaking1924
1924 Freeport (Illinois) Jrnl.-Standard 27 Mar. 5/8 Garns was a demon on defense, and aided materially in the fast breaking offense of the locals.
1967 Sports Illustr. 17 Apr. 31/3 Wilt was taking himself out of the offensive play, giving his fast-breaking teammates the scoring advantage.
2020 Katikati (New Zealand) Advertiser (Nexis) 3 Sept. a13 After the break AC pressured the Kati boys who struggled to contain their fast breaking midfield.
3. Of a situation or news story: that is currently undergoing rapid change. Cf. breaking adj. Additions.
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1934 Washington (Indiana) Herald 31 July (Daily Gaz. & Herald ed.) 1/4 A fast breaking news story such as the recent Dillinger or Austrian events.
1992 Time 6 Jan. 24/3 Those agencies remain geared to cycling paperwork up through chains of command at a pace often too slow during a fast-breaking crisis.
2003 Vanity Fair June 98/1 BBC World Service is a sonic beacon, its fast-breaking coverage fortified with valuable input from scholars, historians, and military analysts.
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