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breakneck

adj
/ˈbɹeɪkˌnɛk/CA/ˈbɹæɪkˌnek/

Etymology

From break + neck.

  1. derived from *knog-✻
  2. inherited from *hnakkô✻ — “nape, neck”
  3. inherited from hnecca
  4. inherited from nekke
  5. compounded as breakneck — “break + neck”

Definitions

  1. Dangerously fast

    Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather.

    • breakneck pace
    • He came running around the corner at a breakneck pace and couldn't stop in time to avoid hitting the fruit stand.

  2. Dangerously fast.

    • I ran breakneck another hundred yards.

  3. A fall that breaks the neck.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A dangerous steep place from which one could fall and be injured.

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