broke
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[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) enPR: brōk, IPA: /brəʊk/, SAMPA: /br@Uk/
- (GenAm) enPR: brōk, IPA: /broʊk/, SAMPA: /broUk/
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- Rhymes: -əʊk
[edit] Adjective
broke (comparative more broke, superlative most broke)
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Wikisaurus has an article on “poor” in the sense of “impoverished”.- boracic (UK rhyming slang), skint (UK slang), stony-broke (UK slang')
[edit] Translations
lacking money; bankrupt
[edit] Verb
broke
- Simple past of break.
- (archaic or poetic) Past participle of break.
- 1999 October 3, J. Stewart Burns, "Mars University", Futurama, season 2, episode 2, Fox Broadcasting Company
- Guenther: I guess the hat must have broke my fall.
- 1999 October 3, J. Stewart Burns, "Mars University", Futurama, season 2, episode 2, Fox Broadcasting Company
- (nautical) The sentence of a court martial which deprived an officer of his commission'
- He was broke and rendered unfit to serve His Majesty at sea.