English
Etymology
break + neck
Adjective
breakneck (comparative more breakneck, superlative most breakneck)
- 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.
Translations
dangerously fast; hell-for-leather
- Finnish: vinha (fi)
- German: halsbrecherisch (de)
- Italian: all'impazzata, a rotta di collo (it), a rompicollo (it)
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- Spanish: a toda carrera, a tumba abierta, como alma que lleva el diablo, disparado (es), como relámpago, a toda leche (Spain), a toda ostia (Spain), a todo vapor, a velocidad de vértigo, a toda máquina, a toda pastilla
- Swedish: halsbrytande (sv)
- Turkish: kafa göz yarabilen, son derece tehlikeli
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Noun
breakneck (plural breaknecks)
- A fall that breaks the neck.
- A dangerous steep place from which one could fall.
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