Associations to the word «Breakneck»

Wiktionary

BREAKNECK, adjective. Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather.
BREAKNECK, noun. A fall that breaks the neck.
BREAKNECK, noun. A dangerous steep place from which one could fall.

Dictionary definition

BREAKNECK, adjective. Moving at very high speed; "a breakneck pace".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.