| BACKBREAKER | • backbreaker n. A strenuous and exhausting task, typically involving physical effort. • BACKBREAKER n. a strenuous task. |
| BALLBREAKER | • ballbreaker n. Alternative spelling of ball-breaker. • ball-breaker n. (US, idiomatic, vulgar) A person or task which is excessively demanding or punishing. • BALLBREAKER n. (offensive) an aggressively feminist woman. |
| BOILERMAKER | • boilermaker n. A person qualified to make or repair boilers. • boilermaker n. (US) A whiskey with a beer chaser. • BOILERMAKER n. a drink of whiskey followed by a beer chaser. |
| CODEBREAKER | • codebreaker n. A cryptanalyst, one who decodes messages without the key. • CODEBREAKER n. one who job it is to break codes. |
| COFFEEMAKER | • coffeemaker n. (Obsolete) A person who makes coffee. • coffeemaker n. Any of several different types of kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee. • coffee-maker n. Alternative spelling of coffeemaker. |
| DEALBREAKER | • dealbreaker n. Alternative spelling of deal breaker. • deal␣breaker n. (Idiomatic) An issue which causes a relationship (especially in business) to fail. • DEALBREAKER n. an issue that prevents an agreement from being reached. |
| EARTHSHAKER | • earthshaker n. Somebody or something that is earthshaking, or of great global importance. • Earthshaker prop.n. An epithet for the god Poseidon. • EARTHSHAKER n. an event of great importance. |
| GAMEBREAKER | • GAMEBREAKER n. a term used esp. in hockey to describe a player who can dominate and change a game single-handed. |
| JAILBREAKER | • jailbreaker n. One who breaks out of jail. • JAILBREAKER n. one who escapes from jail. |
| LOUDSPEAKER | • loudspeaker n. An electromechanical transducer that converts an electrical signal into audible sound. • loudspeaker n. Any such transducer that is loud, as opposed to quiet ones such as those found in headphones. • loudspeaker n. An encasing containing one or more loudspeaker devices and usually other electrical equipment such as a driver. |
| PHRASEMAKER | • phrasemaker n. A crafter of phrases; one who pens bombast or rhetoric. • PHRASEMAKER n. a maker of wordy or fine-sounding phrases, also PHRASEMONGER. |
| POLICYMAKER | • policymaker n. One involved in the formulation of policies, especially politicians, lobbyists, and activists. • policy␣maker n. Alternative form of policymaker. • POLICYMAKER n. one who makes policy. |
| SHOPBREAKER | • shopbreaker n. One who breaks into a shop with unlawful intent. • SHOPBREAKER n. a person who breaks into a shop. |
| SPEECHMAKER | • speechmaker n. One who makes a speech. • SPEECHMAKER n. one who makes speeches. |
| THREADMAKER | • threadmaker n. A manufacturer of thread. • THREADMAKER n. one who makes thread. |
| WINDBREAKER | • windbreaker n. A thin outer coat designed to resist wind chill and light rain. • wind␣breaker n. Alternative form of windbreaker. • WINDBREAKER n. (tradename) a type of windproof jacket with elasticated cuffs and waistband. |