BREAKBONE

Etymology

Noun

breakbone (countable and uncountable, plural breakbones)

(disease, uncountable) dengue fever

(US dialect, countable) A chicken's wishbone. [c. 1960s]

Synonyms

• (dengue fever): breakbone fever

• (wishbone): breaking bone, furcula, lucky bone merrythought, pull bone, pulleybone, pulling bone, wishing bone

Adjective

breakbone (comparative more breakbone, superlative most breakbone)

Violent; rough and painful.

Anagrams

• Bonebrake

Source: Wiktionary



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