Also Inflected form of break
broke
adjective
1.
Origin
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”).
Phrases
- broke as a joke
- broker than the Ten Commandments
- go for broke
- go woke, go broke
- if it ain't broke, don't fix it
- nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people
- stone broke
- stony broke
Related words
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