jawbreakernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdʒɔːˌbreɪ.kər/us/ˈdʒɑːˌbreɪ.kɚ/jawbreaker noun [ C ] (SWEET)
US also mainly UK gobstopper a large, hard, round sweet
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Sweets
- almond paste
- barley sugar
- bitter chocolate
- bittersweet chocolate
- boiled sweet
- cinnamon bun
- comfit
- confectioner
- confectionery
- cotton candy
- licorice
- liquorice
- lollipop
- lolly
- marshmallow
- sherbet
- stick of rock
- sweetie
- sweetmeat
- sweety
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jawbreaker noun [ C ] (LANGUAGE)
UK informal a tongue-twister
US and Australian English informal a word that is difficult to pronounce
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Linguistics: sentences & expressions
- anagram
- cliché
- cliché-ridden
- coin
- compound sentence
- concessive clause
- declarative sentence
- expression
- figure of speech
- fronting
- mission statement
- nugget
- phrasing
- proverb
- refrain
- relative clause
- simple sentence
- tail
- the operative word idiom
- war cry
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