whomperjawed

发音

UK /wɒm.pə(ɹ).d͡ʒɔːd/
US /wɑm.pɚ.d͡ʒɔd/
其它 /wɑ̃m.pɚ.d͡ʒɑɒ̯d/

别名

whomper-jawed whopperjawed

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Askew, amiss; not fitting, moving or working properly.

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词源

Ealiest known use is from 1942 (see quotations), and it was first mentioned in 1931. Possibly from an alteration of earlier whopperjawed, wopperjawed, wapper-jawed, ultimately related to wapper jaw (“a projecting underjaw”) (1825).

来源：wiktionary