Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Dangerously fast.
- adjective Likely to cause an accident.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fall that breaks the neck; a dangerous business.
- noun A steep place endangering the neck.
- Endangering the neck or life; extremely hazardous: as, he rode at a breakneck pace.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Producing danger of a broken neck.
- noun A fall that breaks the neck.
- noun A steep place endangering the neck.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Dangerously
fast ;hell-for-leather .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective moving at very high speed
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Examples
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The desire to pass such a huge plan of enormous financial proportions in breakneck time is both arrogant and dangerous.
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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.
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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.
Today In Fantasy: March 2, 2010 Jeff C 2010
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
reesetee commented on the word breakneck
Ouch.
September 19, 2007