BROKE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does broke mean? 

• BROKE (adjective)
  The adjective BROKE has 1 sense:

1. lacking funds

  Familiarity information: BROKE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BROKE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lacking funds

Synonyms:

broke; bust; skint; stone-broke; stony-broke

Context example:

'skint' is a British slang term

Similar:

poor (having little money or few possessions)

 Context examples 

As I turned to speak to her the brute broke loose and fluttered off among the others.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A flower-bed extended up to the study window, and we all broke into an exclamation as we approached it.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He broke into a trot, and Madge's lips pursed, forming an avenue for the caressing sound that it was the will of her to send forth. But the caressing sound was not made.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He’d just broke in at the pantry window when William came on him and met his end in saving his master’s property.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A whitecap foamed above it and broke across in a snow-white smother.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I tried to hypnotise through her sleep, but she made no response, none at all; and the day broke.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

When the party broke up, Lydia returned with Mrs. Forster to Meryton, from whence they were to set out early the next morning.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

"But Latin is more than culture," Ruth broke in. "It is equipment."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The Abbot was still on his knees, when a gentle tapping at the door of his cell broke in upon his orisons.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He broke out now into a furious stream of German invective, his face convulsed with passion.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)