- breakneck
- [[t]bre͟ɪknek[/t]]
ADJ: ADJ nIf you say that something happens or travels at breakneck speed, you mean that it happens or travels very fast.
Jack drove to Mayfair at breakneck speed.
English dictionary. 2008.
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breakneck — index dangerous, impulsive (rash), precipitate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
breakneck — 1560s, likely to end in a broken neck, from BREAK (Cf. break) (v.) + NECK (Cf. neck) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
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breakneck — [brāk′nek΄] adj. very fast, reckless, dangerous, etc.: said of speed, pace, etc … English World dictionary
breakneck — break|neck [ˈbreıknek] adj at breakneck speed/pace extremely and often dangerously fast ▪ He drove away at breakneck speed … Dictionary of contemporary English
breakneck — adjective Date: 1562 very fast or dangerous < breakneck speed > … New Collegiate Dictionary
