crackjaw

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adjective

Difficult or unpleasant to pronounce.

“a crackjaw name”

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Meanings

adjectivecrackjaw (not comparable)
  1. not comparableDifficult or unpleasant to pronounce.

    a crackjaw name

    2 more examples

    a crackjaw language

    Benjamin Disraeli, who was a pretty bright guy—a novelist, debater, and prime minister of England—tried to identify a person once and ended up exclaiming, "A Polish nobleman, a Count somebody; I never can remember their crack-jaw name."

    2009, Patsy Clairmont, All Cracked Up: Experiencing God in the Broken Places

Origin

From crack + jaw.

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APA

crackjaw. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crackjaw

MLA

“crackjaw.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crackjaw. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crackjaw,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crackjaw.

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