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- Dictionarybroke/brəʊk/
verb
- 1. past (and archaic past participle) of break
adjective
- 1. having completely run out of money: informal "he went broke owing two million pounds"
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used to emphasize that someone or something has no money at all: A spokesman said that the credit crunch had left the company " flat broke". go for broke. to risk everything in the hope of having great success.
adjective. : penniless. Synonyms. Adjective. beggared. beggarly. destitute. dirt-poor. down-and-out. famished. hard up. impecunious. impoverished. indigent. necessitous. needful. needy. pauperized.
Broke definition: a simple past tense of break. . See examples of BROKE used in a sentence.
Define broke. broke synonyms, broke pronunciation, broke translation, English dictionary definition of broke. v. 1. Past tense of break. 2. Nonstandard A past participle of break. adj. Informal 1. Bankrupt. 2. Lacking funds: "an organization that gets increasingly...
Definition of broke adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
BROKE definition: 1. to not have any money: 2. to lose all your money and have to end your business 3. past tense of…. Learn more.
1. Broke is the past tense of break. 2. adjective [v-link ADJ] If you are broke, you have no money. [informal] What do you mean, I've got enough money? I'm as broke as you are. Synonyms: penniless, short, ruined, bust [informal] More Synonyms of broke. 3. See to go broke. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
broke. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English broke1 /brəʊk $ broʊk/ verb the past tense of break broke2 adjective [ not before noun] 1 having no money I’m fed up with being broke all the time. flat/stony broke (=completely broke) 2 → go broke 3 → go for broke 4 → if it ain't broke, don't fix it Examples from the Corpus ...
A complete guide to the word "BROKE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
To broker; to transact business for another. Wiktionary. Shakespeare. And brokes with all that can in such a suit / Corrupt the tender honour of a maid. Wiktionary. Synonyms: rived. ruptured. severed.
