Jawbreaker (Noun)
Meaning 2
A word that is hard to pronounce.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The scientist's lengthy and complex surname was a jawbreaker that even the news anchors struggled to pronounce correctly.
- After hours of practice, she was still having trouble saying the name of the rare medical condition, a jawbreaker of a phrase.
- Trying to say the exotic word for the dish, the waiter stammered and admitted it was a bit of a jawbreaker for him too.
- Tourists visiting Japan often find that certain Japanese place names can be jawbreakers to pronounce.
- It took him weeks of study before he was confident in saying the chemical compound, which had been a jawbreaker at first.