English Explanatory Dictionary

broke

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. simple past of break
  2. past participle of break
adj
  1. Financially ruined, bankrupt.
  2. Without any money, penniless.
  3. Broken.
  4. Demoted, deprived of a commission.
noun
  1. Paper or board that is discarded and repulped during the manufacturing process.
  2. A fragment, remains, a piece broken off.
verb
  1. To act as a broker; to transact business for another; synonym of broker.
  2. To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp.
adj
  1. Broke off, rich, wealthy
name
  1. A locality in the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɹəʊ̯k/ /bɹɒk/ /ˈbɹoʊ̯k/ /ˈbɹɔʊ̯k/ en-us-broke.ogg

Word forms

broke broker more broke brokest most broke brokes broking broked

Etymology

Ablauted form of break.

Synonyms

almsless arm badly off bankrupt beggared beggarly boracic broke broken broker than the Ten Commandments depauperate destitute dirt poor disadvantaged down and out down at heel down on one's luck down on one's uppers empty-handed feeling the pinch flat goodless hard up impecunious impoverished in need indigent insolvent lower-class necessitous needy oofless pauperized penniless penurious pinched pok kai poor poor as a church mouse poor as a rat poor as Job possessionless poverty-ridden poverty-stricken shillingless skint stone-broke stony-broke strapped stuck threadbare unwealthy wealthless

Derived words

broke as a joke brokeass broke-ass brokeness broker than the Ten Commandments go for broke greenbroke gunbroke heartbroke if it ain't broke, don't fix it nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people stone broke stony broke
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