back´break´ing|ly — back|break|ing «BAK BRAY kihng», adjective. very exhausting or tiring; demanding great effort: »backbreaking work. –back´break´ing|ly, adverb … Useful english dictionary
back|break|ing — «BAK BRAY kihng», adjective. very exhausting or tiring; demanding great effort: »backbreaking work. –back´break´ing|ly, adverb … Useful english dictionary
heart´break´ing|ly — heart|break|ing «HAHRT BRAY kihng», adjective. crushing with sorrow or grief; extremely distressing: »heartbreaking news. –heart´break´ing|ly, adverb … Useful english dictionary
heart|break|ing — «HAHRT BRAY kihng», adjective. crushing with sorrow or grief; extremely distressing: »heartbreaking news. –heart´break´ing|ly, adverb … Useful english dictionary
fast-break|ing — «FAST BRAY kihng, FAHST », adjective. occurring suddenly in a rapid sequence of events: »a fast breaking news story, a fast breaking political crisis … Useful english dictionary
ground|break|ing — «GROWND BRAY kihng», noun. the act of breaking ground to begin building … Useful english dictionary
house|break|ing — «HOWS BRAY kihng», noun. the act of breaking into a house to steal or commit some other crime … Useful english dictionary
ice-break|ing — «YS BRAY kihng», noun, adjective. Figurative. –n. the practice of stimulating or enlivening conversation, a social gathering, or other meeting or discussion between persons or groups. –adj. that serves to stimulate or enliven conversation, a… … Useful english dictionary
in|break|ing — «IHN BRAY kihng», noun, adjective. –n. the act of breaking in. –adj. breaking in … Useful english dictionary
jaw|break|ing — «JAW BRAY kihng», adjective. hard to pronounce: »In the jawbreaking jargon of geology, the ore was “manganiferous, acid soluble, in a non magnetic amorphous shale gangue” (Newsweek) … Useful english dictionary