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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word tear-jerker:

General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. tear-jerker, tear-jerker: Collins English Dictionary
  2. tear-jerker: Wordnik
  3. tear-jerker: Wiktionary
  4. tear-jerker: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. tear-jerker: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. tear-jerker: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  2. Tear-jerker: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Tear-jerker)

noun:  Alternative spelling of tearjerker. [(informal) An emotionally charged film, novel, song, opera, television episode, etc., usually with one or more sad passages or ending, so termed because it suggests one is likely to cry during its performance.]

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