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How to pronounce “breakneck”
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Pronunciation guide for breakneck
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of breakneck with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- How Life on Earth Adapts to You and Me
and reshuffled the tree of life at breakneck speed.
- Definition summary
- Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce breakneck
How Life on Earth Adapts to You and Me

and reshuffled the tree of life at breakneck speed.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “breakneck”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather.
- [Adverb]
- Dangerously fast.
- [Noun]
- A fall that breaks the neck.
- A dangerous steep place from which one could fall and be injured.
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