broke

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: brōk, IPA: /brəʊk/, SAMPA: /br@Uk/
• (GenAm) enPR: brōk, IPA: /broʊk/, SAMPA: /broUk/

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• Rhymes: -əʊk

Adjective

broke (comparative more broke, superlative most broke)

1. (informal) Lacking money; bankrupt
2. (informal) Broken.

Synonyms

• boracic (UK rhyming slang), skint (UK slang), stony-broke (UK slang')
• See also Wikisaurus:impoverished

Translations

lacking money; bankrupt

Breton: kras Bulgarian: разорен (bg) m. Dutch: blut (nl) Finnish: rahaton, auki (slang), persaukinen (somewhat vulgar) French: fauché (fr)/fauchée (fr), à sec (fr) (invariable), (formally) désargenté (fr)/désargentée (fr) German: pleite (de)

Italian: al verde (invariable) Japanese: すっからかん (ja) (sukkarakan) Norwegian: blakk (no) Russian: разорившийся (ru) Spanish: pelado (es), sin un duro (es), sin un peso (es) Swahili: msoto (sw) Swedish: pank (sv)

Verb

broke

1. Simple past of break.
2. (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.

   1. (nautical) Demoted, deprived an of a commission.

      He was broke and rendered unfit to serve His Majesty at sea.

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: dinner · command · etc. · #771: broke · waiting · political · reading