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breakneck en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • [ˈbɹ(ʷ)æɪ̯kˌnek] (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈbɹæɪkˌnek/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈbɹeɪkˌnɛk/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • [ˈbɹ(ʷ)eɪ̯kˌnɛk] (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From break + neck.

Meanings

  1. Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather.
    • The line to Dunières conists of a series of breakneck descents almost invariably ended by a violent curve and followed immediately by a panting climb, on which the engine barked thunderously but failed unhappily to maintain its booked speed of 13 m.p.h. 1961 November, H. G. Ellison, P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 668:
    • breakneck pace
    • He came running around the corner at a breakneck pace and couldn't stop in time to avoid hitting the fruit stand.
    • The use of machine learning in this field is hardly new, but the breakneck pace at which it is improving is worrying, Lund says: “With the advent of ChatGPT, the future is bleak.” 2023 June 27, Clea Skopeliti, “‘The future is bleak’: how AI concerns are shaping graduate’s career choices”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms

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more breakneck Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most breakneck Degree=Sup lexicographic

Translations (22)

sv halsbrytande (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) · es a toda carrera (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) · nl halsbrekend (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) · es a velocidad de vértigo (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) · tr kafa göz yarabilen (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) · de halsbrecherisch (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) · es disparado (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) · it all'impazzata (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) · tr son derece tehlikeli (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) · es a toda ostia (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) · es a toda leche (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) · uk стрімголо́в (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) · es a tumba abierta (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) · es a toda pastilla (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) · es como alma que lleva el diablo (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) · it a rompicollo (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) · es como relámpago (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) · it a rotta di collo (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) · es a todo vapor (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) · es a toda máquina (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) · fi vinha (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather) · uk з карколо́мною шви́дкістю (dangerously fast; hell-for-leather)

breakneck en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • [ˈbɹ(ʷ)æɪ̯kˌnek] (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈbɹæɪkˌnek/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈbɹeɪkˌnɛk/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • [ˈbɹ(ʷ)eɪ̯kˌnɛk] (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From break + neck.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Dangerously fast.
    • I ran breakneck another hundred yards. 2009, Carlos Reid, Stalking the Warden, page 165:

breakneck en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • [ˈbɹ(ʷ)æɪ̯kˌnek] (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈbɹæɪkˌnek/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈbɹeɪkˌnɛk/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • [ˈbɹ(ʷ)eɪ̯kˌnɛk] (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From break + neck.

Meanings

  1. A fall that breaks the neck.
  2. A dangerous steep place from which one could fall and be injured.

Forms

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breaknecks Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

breakbone