breakneck

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English

Definitions

noun

A fall that breaks the neck.
A dangerous steep place from which one could fall.

adjective

Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather.“He came running around the corner at a breakneck pace and couldn't stop in time to avoid hitting the fruit stand.”

Related words

Synonyms

dangerous unsafe rapid hardcore ripsnorting sudden spanking hellbound breakbone drastic white-knuckle rapid-fire crash blood-and-guts kamikaze kick-ass

Associated

escalier dutchess pace riffs ridge brook speed tempo stairs appalachian hudson battery

Rhymes

check peck wreck speck geck deck roughneck pain in the neck whelk heck

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