broke
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- (RP) enPR: brōk, IPA: /brəʊk/, X-SAMPA: /br@Uk/
- (GenAm) enPR: brōk, IPA: /broʊk/, X-SAMPA: /broUk/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊk
Adjective [edit]
broke (comparative more broke, superlative most broke)
Synonyms [edit]
- boracic (UK rhyming slang), skint (UK slang), stony-broke (UK slang')
- See also Wikisaurus:impoverished
Translations [edit]
lacking money; bankrupt
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Verb [edit]
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.
- (nautical) Demoted, deprived an of a commission.
- He was broke and rendered unfit to serve His Majesty at sea.
- 1999 October 3, J. Stewart Burns, "Mars University", Futurama, season 2, episode 2, Fox Broadcasting Company
Statistics [edit]
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Most common English words before 1923: dinner · command · etc. · #771: broke · waiting · political · reading