crackjaw

English

Etymology

From crack +‎ jaw.

Adjective

crackjaw (not comparable)

1. Difficult or unpleasant to pronounce.

   a crackjaw language

   a crackjaw name

   • 2009, Patsy Clairmont, All Cracked Up: Experiencing God in the Broken Places:

     Benjamin Disraeli, who was a pretty bright guy—a novelist, debater, and prime minister of England—tried to identify a person once and ended up exclaiming, "A Polish nobleman, a Count somebody; I never can remember their crack-jaw name."

See also

• jawbreaker