adj
Meaning 1
Violent; rough and painful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: backbreaking
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: backbreaking
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
breakbone
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noun
Meaning 2
Breakbone fever.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dengue, dengue fever, dandy fever
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A chicken's wishbone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, dialectal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wishing bone, furcula, merrythought
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From break + bone.