Breakneck

Word BREAKNECK
Character 9
Hyphenation break neck
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Breakneck"

What do we mean by breakneck?

Dangerously fast. adjective

Likely to cause an accident. adjective

A fall that breaks the neck; a dangerous business. noun

A steep place endangering the neck. noun

Endangering the neck or life; extremely hazardous: as, he rode at a breakneck pace.

Producing danger of a broken neck. adjective

A fall that breaks the neck. noun

A steep place endangering the neck. noun

Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather. adjective

Moving at very high speed adjective

A fall that breaks the neck.

A dangerous steep place from which one could fall.

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The word "breakneck" in example sentences

The desire to pass such a huge plan of enormous financial proportions in breakneck time is both arrogant and dangerous. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Warriors closed to 38-27 after one quarter and 73-64 at halftime as the teams raced up and down the court in breakneck fashion. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Combining a fascinating world with a population of interesting characters and a pace best described as breakneck, culminating with nail-biting action and a surprising denouement, the first novel in the Clockwork Century grabs your attention and refuses to let go. ❋ Jeff C (2010)

In a city with a pace that can easily be described as breakneck, I'd never seen anything like it: throngs of smiling people strolling leisurely during such a gray and chilly month, looking around with wonder and discussing the same topic. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As Davis noted, O'Malley moved at "breakneck" speed Sunday, attending church services and then continuing a Baltimore tradition by riding around to get-out-the-vote rallies in a caravan of more than a dozen dump trucks. ❋ John Wagner (2010)

[Stricker] said that the reason Google holds events like this one was that "we hear from a lot of you that with the kind of breakneck pace of innovation that we go through at Google, it's nice for us to kind of let you catch your breath." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Perhaps I should learn to slow down, because I'm not used to living life at such a "breakneck" pace. ❋ Babycartercl (2007)

The car licked forward with a screech from the expensive radial tires put on for precisely this kind of breakneck situation. ❋ Patterson, James (1986)

Now Tom, who resolved to make an impression, as it is termed, was dressed in the newest and most fashionable morning visit costume, drove up to the hall-door at that kind of breakneck pace with which your celebrated whips delight to astonish the multitude, and throwing the reins to a servant, desired, if he knew how to pace the horse up and down, to do so; otherwise to remember that he had a neck. ❋ William Carleton (1831)

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