breakneck

(noun, adjective)

adjective

1. moving at very high speed

- a breakneck pace

Similar word(s): dangerous, unsafe

Sentences with breakneck as an adjective:

- He came running around the corner at a breakneck pace and couldn't stop in time to avoid hitting the fruit stand.

noun

1. A fall that breaks the neck.

2. A dangerous steep place from which one could fall.