English[edit]

1. Leg Breaker Online
2. Legbreaker Game
3. Leg Breaker Meaning
4. Leg Breaker Rogue Lineage

Alternative forms[edit]

• leg breaker, legbreaker

Leg Breaker Online

Pronunciation[edit]

• Audio (AU)

Noun[edit]

leg-breaker (pluralleg-breakers)

Legbreaker Game

View the complete Dota 2 profile for Legbreaker on Dotabuff. The premise of Legbreaker is simple yet addictively morbid: play as an unfortunate test subject who must break his legs to advance in each level.

1. (chiefly US,slang) A violentthug, especially one employed as an enforcer by a criminal organization.
   • 1974, Victor Riesel, 'Mob money took Rebozo,' Rome News-Tribune (US), 4 Sep., p. 4 (retrieved 5 Jan. 2009):

     The thug was an acknowledged leg breaker, a shakedown artist, a peddler of violence.

2. A person whose job is to break the legs of poultry in a food processing facility.
   • 2000, M. McDiarmid et al., 'Male and Female Rate Differences in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Injuries,' Environmental Research, vol. 83, no. 1, p. 28:

     For example, jobs described as meat wrapper or leg breaker would both be coded 'butcher meat cutter.'

3. (soccer) A tackle or other on-fieldmaneuver capable of breaking a player's leg.
   • 2008, 'Mailbox,' football365.com, 22 Dec. (retrieved 5 Jan. 2009):

     Arca performed a similar stunt with a high over-the-top-of-the-ball tackle on Andy Johnson, except he connected. It is what is called a leg-breaker.

4. (cycling) A demandingbicyclingcompetition or the course on which such a competition is held.
   • 2003, Tim Maloney, 'First Edition News for May 22, 2003,' cyclingnews.com, 22 May (retrieved 5 Jan. 2009):

     Zoncolan is a fabled leg breaker of a 13.3km climb that is one of the toughest ascents ever included in a major stage race.

5. (cricket) A cricketer who bowls leg breaks.
   • 1905, The Strand Magazine, p. 703:

     Armstrong is a leg-breaker, with eight fielders on the on-side. Probably he would do better if he bowled more at the wicket.

6. (cricket) A leg break ball.
   • 1894, 'Canadian Cricketers Lead,' New York Times, 18 Sep., p. 3 (retrieved 5 Jan. 2009):

     Noble joined Wood, and the pair changed the aspect of affairs, 45 being up before a leg breaker from McGiverin proved too good for Noble's defense.

Related terms[edit]

Leg Breaker Meaning

Translations[edit]

Leg Breaker Rogue Lineage