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jawbreaker
noun 3
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4ADJ.
large, left, round
VERB + JAWBREAKER
receive
JAWBREAKER + NOUN
couper's, nibbles
PREP.
from, on
Definitions
noun
1
A large, extremely hard, boiled candy, typically spherical.
If somebody microwaves a large jawbreaker and nibbles on the outside, a crack can cause molten candy to burst out and cause painful burns. Exploding jawbreakers have been documented on television news and in police reports.
2
A long, hard-to-pronounce word.
The word “callipygous” is something of a jawbreaker.
3
A hard blow to the side of the face.
Bendoff went pluckily forward, but only to receive a jawbreaker from Couper's left, […]
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If somebody microwaves a large jawbreaker and nibbles on the outside, a crack can cause molten candy to burst out and cause painful burns. Exploding jawbreakers have been documented on television news
Wiktionary02
The word “callipygous” is something of a jawbreaker.
Wiktionary03
Bendoff went pluckily forward, but only to receive a jawbreaker from Couper's left, […]
Wiktionary04
A jawbreaker is a round candy, multi-layered like a pearl.
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