Dictionary Definition
breakneck adj : used of speed; "a breakneck
pace"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Dangerously fast;
hell-for-leather.
- He came running around the corner at a breakneck pace and couldn't stop in time to avoid hitting the fruit stand.
Translations
dangerously fast; hell-for-leather
- German: halsbrecherisch
Extensive Definition
Breakneck is an English adjective meaning
"dangerous or reckless" and can also be part of a name and refer to
a place or other entity including the following:
Geography
- Breakneck Creek, a tributary of Connoquenessing Creek in western Pennsylvania
- Breakneck Hill in Allegany County, Maryland
- Breakneck Ridge, a mountain along the Hudson River, New York
- Breakneck Ridge, a small station on the Metro-North Railroad in New York State.
Arts and Entertainment
- A video game N.I.C.E. 2 (1998), released as Breakneck on the international market by Synetic GmbH
References
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abrupt,
accident-prone, agile,
bluff, bold, breathless, careless, dangerous, daredevil, dashing, desperate, devil-may-care,
double-quick, eagle-winged, excessive, expeditious, express, fast, fleet, flying, furious, galloping, hair-trigger,
harum-scarum, hasty,
headlong, hell for
leather, hotheaded,
hurried, hustling, impetuous, impulsive, light of heel,
light-footed, lively,
mad, mercurial, nimble, nimble-footed, overeager, overenthusiastic,
overzealous,
panting, plunging, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous, prompt, quick, quick as lightning, quick
as thought, rapid,
rash, reckless, running, sharp, sheer, slap-bang, slapdash, snappy, spanking, speedy, steep, sudden, swift, vertical, wanton, wild, winged