Phrase Hound found 34 phrases and 46 compound words that contain breaker. The most common are listed below. Open breaker in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 34
- circuit breakerAn electrical switch capable of opening and closing an electrical circuit in all operating conditions, including fault situations.
- deal breakerAn issue which causes a relationship or proposal, especially in business, to fail.
- brick breakerA game of a genre that involves moving a paddle horizontally or vertically to deflect a ball, using the deflected ball to destroy an arrangement of bricks on the screen.
- tie-breakerAlternative spelling of tiebreaker: Something that is used to pick a winner from a tied situation.
- sword-breakerA short sword or dagger with a deeply notched or toothed blade, or with secondary projections, designed to catch or grapple an opponent's weapon.
- bead breakerA tool or device used to separate the bead from a tire rim.
- ship-breakerAlternative spelling of shipbreaker: One who works in shipbreaking.
- spring breakerSomeone on vacation during spring break.
- leg-breakerA violent thug, especially one employed as an enforcer by a criminal organization (e.g., a mafia, a loan shark).
- breaker barA heavy-duty handle, typically long and with a nonratcheting head, that turns a socket to break loose nuts and bolts that are very tightly fastened.
- breaker boyA boy, or sometimes a man unable to do other mining work, employed to separate impurities from coal at the breaker of a coal mine in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- breaker boysplural of breaker boy: A boy, or sometimes a man unable to do other mining work, employed to separate impurities from coal at the breaker of a coal mine in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- combo breakerIn fighting games, a specific move that prevents the opponent from completing a combo.
- heart breakerAlternative spelling of heartbreaker: Someone or something that breaks someone's heart, as:
- ice breakerAlternative form of icebreaker: A ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas.
- jaw-breakerAlternative spelling of jawbreaker: A large, extremely hard, boiled candy, typically spherical.
- prison breakerOne who escapes or flees a penal institution.
- record-breakerSomeone or something that exceeds the highest previously achieved recorded level in an activity or category.
- rule-breakerAlternative form of rulebreaker: One who breaks a rule.
- wind breakerAlternative form of windbreaker: A thin jacket designed to resist wind chill and light rain.
- window-breakerA kind of spinning top.
- water breakerA container for storing water on a ship or other watercraft.
- breaker-upSomeone who breaks something up (in various senses).
- house-breakerAlternative form of housebreaker: A criminal who breaks into and enters another's house or premises with the intent of committing a crime.
- slave breakerA person who specializes in destroying the wills of unruly slaves, especially in the context of the antebellum American South.
Compound words 46
- icebreakerA ship designed to break through ice so that it, or other ships coming behind, can navigate on frozen seas.
- heartbreakerSomeone or something that breaks someone's heart, as:
- windbreakerA thin jacket designed to resist wind chill and light rain.
- jawbreakerA large, extremely hard, boiled candy, typically spherical.
- tiebreakerSomething that is used to pick a winner from a tied situation.
- lawbreakerOne who breaks (violates) the law, a criminal.
- strikebreakerA non-unionized worker hired to replace a striking union worker.
- codebreakerA cryptanalyst, one who decodes messages without the key.
- horsebreakerOne who trains, or breaks in, horses.
- bonebreakerOne who or that which breaks bones.