Noun: jawbreaker 'jo,brey-ku(r)
- [N. Amer] A large round hard candy
"The children's tongues were stained from sucking on jawbreakers";
- gobstopper [Brit]
- A word that is hard to pronounce
"The spelling bee contestant stumbled on the jawbreaker"
Derived forms: jawbreakers
Type of: hard candy [N. Amer], polysyllabic word, polysyllable
Encyclopedia: Jawbreaker