plural of make-and-break

(electrical) An interrupter in which contact is broken by the movement of an automatically vibrating hammer between a contact piece and an electromagnet, or of a rapidly moving piece mechanically driven.

plural of hammer break

To start talking in a conversation after a period where nobody speaks. / To state an opinion on a subject that has been taboo for a period of time.

(transitive, intransitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see break, open. / To make a breakthrough on a mystery or problem; to cause a breakthrough to be made.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of break open

the rupture of the amniotic sac at the beginning of or during labour.

Any bird in the genus Macronectes, known as giant petrels.

plural of break-vow

Alternative spelling of breakwind (“windbreak”)