Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ball-breaker

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables: bal-l-break-er
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person or task which is excessively demanding or punishing.

American usage

Example Sentences

"My slave-driving boss expects me to work over the weekend. What a ball-breaker!"

Etymology

From ball + breaker.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

ball-breakers (plural) ballbreaker (alternative)

Synonyms

ball-buster taskmaster

Questions

What does ball-breaker mean?: A person or task which is excessively demanding or punishing.
Where does ball-breaker come from?: From ball + breaker.

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