adj · name · noun · verb · 13 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈbɹəʊ̯k/
Northumbria:/bɹɒk/
Canada, General-American:/ˈbɹoʊ̯k/
Canada, General-American:/ˈbɹɔʊ̯k/
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rhymes with -əʊk
CMU ARPABET:B R OW1 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Financially ruined, bankrupt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, not-comparable, usually
Examples
He was broke after spending all his money into video games.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Without any money, penniless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, not-comparable, usually
Examples
dead broke; flat broke
Meaning relationships
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, farthingless, feeling the pinch, flat, goodless, groatless, hard up, impecunious, impoverished, in need, indigent, insolvent, lower-class, moneyless, 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
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Broken.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, informal, not-comparable, usually
Examples
If it ain’t broke, don't fix it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
Demoted, deprived of a commission.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Topics: government, military, naval, navy, politics, war
Examples
He was broke and rendered unfit to serve His Majesty at sea.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adj
Meaning 5
Broke off, rich, wealthy
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
name
Meaning 6
A locality in the Singleton council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
Paper or board that is discarded and repulped during the manufacturing process.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 11
To act as a broker; to transact business for another; synonym of broker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Agents broking with various other carriers can offer additional options.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
12
verb
Meaning 12
To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
13
adjective satellite
Meaning 13
lacking funds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
`skint' is a British slang term
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Ablauted form of break.
Clipping of broke off.
From Middle English broce, from Old English gebroc (“fragment”), from brecan (“to break”). Compare broken, past participle of break. Compare also Scots brock (“a scrap of meat or bread”).
Back-formation from broker.
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Translations
74 source translations are retained for this English entry.
