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Noun: jawbreaker  'jo,brey-ku(r)
  1. [N. Amer] A large round hard candy
    "The children's tongues were stained from sucking on jawbreakers";
    - gobstopper [Brit]
     
  2. 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