| BREAKING | • breaking v. Present participle of break. • breaking n. The act by which something is broken. • breaking n. (Linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong. |
| UPBREAKING | • upbreaking v. Present participle of upbreak. • upbreaking n. The action of something that escapes or flies upward. • UPBREAK v. to break out. |
| ICEBREAKING | • icebreaking adj. Serving the purpose of breaking ice. • ICEBREAKING adj. of a vessel, designed to break ice. |
| JAWBREAKING | • jawbreaking adj. Very difficult to pronounce. • JAWBREAKING adj. difficult to pronounce. |
| LAWBREAKING | • lawbreaking adj. Unlawful; illegal. • lawbreaking n. The commission of a criminal act, the violation or breaking of a law. • LAWBREAKING n. the act of breaking the law. |
| OUTBREAKING | • outbreaking n. The act of breaking out. • outbreaking n. That which bursts forth. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • outbreaking v. Present participle of outbreak. |
| PARBREAKING | • parbreaking v. Present participle of parbreak. • PARBREAK v. (archaic) to vomit. |
| BACKBREAKING | • backbreaking adj. (Figuratively) Of work, very physically tiring. • back-breaking adj. Alternative form of backbreaking. • BACKBREAKING adj. exhausting. |
| GAOLBREAKING | • GAOLBREAK v. to break out of gaol, also JAILBREAK. |
| JAILBREAKING | • jailbreaking v. Present participle of jailbreak. • JAILBREAK v. to free from jail, also GAOLBREAK. |
| PATHBREAKING | • pathbreaking adj. Opening a new path or approach. • PATHBREAKING adj. trailblazing. |
| SHOPBREAKING | • shopbreaking n. The act of breaking into a shop with unlawful intent. • SHOPBREAKING n. the act of breaking into a shop. |
| BARNSBREAKING | • BARNSBREAKING n. (Scots) a boisterous frolic; an injurious or mischievous activity. |
| HEARTBREAKING | • heartbreaking adj. That causes great grief, anguish or distress. • heartbreaking n. The breaking of a heart; great grief, anguish or distress. • heart-breaking adj. (Idiomatic) That causes extreme sorrow or grief. |
| HOUSEBREAKING | • housebreaking n. The act of breaking into another person’s house with unlawful intent. • housebreaking v. (Animal training) present participle of housebreak. • HOUSEBREAKING n. the act of breaking into a house for the purpose of stealing. |
| GROUNDBREAKING | • groundbreaking adj. Innovative; new, different; doing something that has never been done before. • groundbreaking n. The point at which construction begins, by digging into the ground. • groundbreaking n. A ceremony to mark the beginning of construction. |
| HALTERBREAKING | • halterbreaking v. Present participle of halterbreak. • HALTERBREAK v. to break (as a colt) to a halter. |
| STRIKEBREAKING | • strikebreaking v. Present participle of strikebreak. • strikebreaking n. Activity intended to disrupt or end a strike without an agreement by workers. • strikebreaking adj. Of or pertaining to such activity. |