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RECORD-BREAKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does record-breaker mean?
• RECORD-BREAKER (noun)
The noun RECORD-BREAKER has 1 sense:
1. someone who breaks a record
Familiarity information: RECORD-BREAKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who breaks a record
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
record-breaker; record-holder
Hypernyms ("record-breaker" is a kind of...):
champ; champion; title-holder (someone who has won first place in a competition)
Context examples
The book is bound to be a record-breaker.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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