breakneck
English
adj
Definitions
- Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather.
Etymology
Compound from English break (break, game won against the server) + English neck (drink very quickly).
Origin
English
neck
Gloss
drink very quickly
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beambreak English
- bebreak English
- bio-break English
- boatneck English
- bootneck English
- bottleneck English
- brake pedal English
- break English
- break loose English
- break off English
- break-bones English
- break-promise English
- break-vow English
- breakability English
- breakable English
- breakage English
- breakaway English
- breakbeat English
- breakbone English
- breakcore English
- breakdance English
- breakdancing English
- breaker English
- breaker bar English
- breakest English
- breaketh English
- breakface English
- breakfast English
- breakfront English
- breakle English
- breakless English
- breakly English
- breakoff English
- breakopen English
- breakpoint English
- breakproof English
- breakstone English
- breakthrough English
- breakthru English
- breaktime English
- breakup English
- breakwater English
- breakwind English
- breaky English
- brickle English
- brokeback English
- bullneck English
- cowlneck English
- crewneck English
- crookneck English
- crossbreak English
- fiddleneck English
- firebreak English
- forbreak English
- foreneck English
- gooseneck English
- halterneck English
- heartbreak English
- hindneck English
- housebreak English
- inbreak English
- jailbreak English
- leatherneck English
- limberneck English
- littleneck English
- longneck English
- lunchbreak English
- microbreak English
- midneck English
- midterm break English
- mini-break English
- minibreak English
- nanobreak English
- neck English
- neckache English
- neckband English
- neckbeard English
- neckbeef English
- neckbiter English
- neckbone English
- neckbrace English
- neckcloth English
- neckdown English
- necked English
- necker English
- neckerchief English
- neckful English
- neckgear English
- necklace English
- neckland English
- neckless English
- necklet English
- necklike English
- neckline English
- necklock English
- neckmold English
- neckmould English
- neckpiece English
- neckplate English
- neckroll English
- neckspring English
- neckstrap English
- necktie English
- neckwarmer English
- neckwear English
- neckweed English
- neckyoke English
- neknomination English
- newsbreak English
- nightbreak English
- outbreak English
- overbreak English
- pencil-neck English
- pencilneck English
- polo-neck English
- prebreak English
- rebreak English
- red-necked buzzard English
- redneck English
- renecked English
- ring-neck English
- ringneck English
- rollneck English
- roughneck English
- scoopneck English
- shelfbreak English
- shitneck English
- snakeneck English
- squareneck English
- stiff neck English
- stiff-necked English
- stiffnecked English
- stonebreak English
- strikebreak English
- sunbreak English
- tiebreak English
- tobreak English
- topneck English
- turtleneck English
- un-break English
- unbreak English
- unbreakable English
- underbreak English
- upbreak English
- waterbreak English
- windbreak English
- word break English
- wryneck English
- breikata Finnish
- break Italian
- break French
- *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European
- ネック Japanese
- ブレイク Japanese
- breken Middle English
- nekke Middle English
- bruk Tok Pisin
- brukim Tok Pisin
- nek Tok Pisin
- بريك Gulf Arabic
- bruck Jamaican Creole
- neck
- break
- necker
- breaky
- necked
- breakly
- neckful
- breakup
- rebreak
- breakle
- necktie
- inbreak
- brickle
- unbreak
- necklet
- topneck
- wryneck
- midneck
- breaker
- bebreak
- tobreak
- upbreak
- redneck
- renecked
- breakest
- hindneck
- neckbone
- neckmold
- tiebreak
- forbreak
- necklock
- crewneck
- neckgear
- neckland
- foreneck
- ringneck
- shitneck
- boatneck
- outbreak
- breaketh
- neckdown
- neckband
- necklike
- rollneck
- neckweed
- longneck
- breakoff
- neckbeef
- breakage
- bullneck
- neckyoke
- un-break
- neckache
- bootneck
- neckwear
- sunbreak
- cowlneck
- necklace
- prebreak
- neckless
- neckroll
- neckline
- breakcore
- crookneck
- breakaway
- neckplate
- windbreak
- ring-neck
- breakable
- neckcloth
- break off
- breakfast
- breakopen
- polo-neck
- overbreak
- gooseneck
- roughneck
- nanobreak
- minibreak
- bio-break
- newsbreak
- beambreak
- jailbreak
- breakless
- firebreak
- neckpiece
- breakwind
- neckstrap
- breaktime
- breakbeat
- neckbiter
- breakbone
- breakface
- scoopneck
- neckbrace
- neckmould
- breakthru
- snakeneck
- break-vow
- brokeback
- neckbeard
- mini-break
- word break
- lunchbreak
- turtleneck
- microbreak
- bottleneck
- breakwater
- breakproof
- fiddleneck
- pencilneck
- shelfbreak
- breakdance
- breakfront
- stonebreak
- neckwarmer
- nightbreak
- waterbreak
- underbreak
- littleneck
- breakpoint
- housebreak
- limberneck
- breakstone
- neckspring
- crossbreak
- stiff neck
- halterneck
- heartbreak
- squareneck
- break-bones
- pencil-neck
- stiffnecked
- breaker bar
- strikebreak
- leatherneck
- unbreakable
- brake pedal
- break loose
- neckerchief
- stiff-necked
- breakability
- breakdancing
- breakthrough
- neknomination
- midterm break
- break-promise
- red-necked buzzard