Word of the Day: juggernaut

jug·ger·naut noun \ˈjə-gər-ˌnȯt, –ˌnät\

: something (such as a force, campaign, or movement) that is extremely large and powerful and cannot be stopped

: a very large, heavy truck

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Full Definition of JUGGERNAUT

1 chiefly British: a large heavy truck

2: a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path <an advertising juggernaut><a political juggernaut>

 

Origin of JUGGERNAUT

Hindi Jagannāth, literally, lord of the world, title of Vishnu

First Known Use: 1841

Related to JUGGERNAUT

Synonyms

bandwagon, blitz, cause, crusade, drive, campaign, movement, push

Related Words

assault, attack, maneuver, march, offensive; action, bid, enterprise, initiative, mission, project, undertaking

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Other Automotive Terms

articulated, block, choke, clutch, diesel, neutral, transmission

Rhymes with JUGGERNAUT

aeronaut, aliquot, angle shot, apparat, apricot, aquanaut, argonaut, astronaut, beauty spot, bergamot, booster shot, burning ghat, cachalot, Camelot, caveat, carry-cot, chamber pot, chimney pot, coffeepot, cosmonaut, counterplot, doodley-squat, floreat, flowerpot, flying spot, follow shot, gallipot, granny knot, guillemot, Gujarat, hit the spot, honeypot, Hottentot, Huguenot, kilowatt, Lancelot, like a shot, lobster pot, megawatt, melting pot, microdot, monocot, monoglot, noble rot, Nouakchott, ocelot, on the spot, overshot, paraquat, parking lot, passing shot, patriot, pepper pot, peridot, piping hot, polka dot, polyglot, running knot, samizdat, sansculotte, scattershot, scot and lot, shoulder knot, single knot, Southern blot, stopper knot, surgeon’s knot, terawatt, tie the knot, tommyrot, touch-me-not, tracking shot, turkey trot, underplot, undershot, Western blot, Windsor knot, Wyandot, wyandotte

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aeronaut, aliquot, angle shot, apparat, apricot, aquanaut, argonaut, astronaut, beauty spot, bergamot, booster shot, burning ghat, cachalo…

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