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break⋅er

1  [brey-ker]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that breaks.
2. a wave that breaks or dashes into foam.
3. Citizens Band Radio Slang. a person who indicates a wish to transmit a message, as by breaking in on a channel.
4. Also called breakʹer stripʹ. Automotive. a strip of fabric under the tread of a pneumatic tire casing, designed to protect the carcass.
5. Textiles.
a. brake 1 (def. 4).
b. a machine that separates the fiber from foreign matter in preparation for the carding process.
6. Also called prairie breaker. a plow with a long, low moldboard for turning virgin land.
7. Electricity. circuit breaker.
8. Mining.
a. a building where coal delivered from a mine is broken up and sorted.
b. a machine that reduces large lumps of coal or ore to a size that can be accommodated by a conveyor belt.
9. a break dancer.
–interjection
10. Citizens Band Radio Slang. (used to announce that a person is about to transmit a message or question on a channel, esp. one already in use.)
Origin:
1125–75; ME; see break, -er 1

Synonyms:
2. See wave.
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break⋅er

2  [brey-ker]
–noun Nautical.
a small water cask for use in a boat.
Origin:
1825–35; said to be alter. of Sp bareca, var. of barrica small keg

brake

1  [breyk] noun, verb, braked, brak⋅ing.
–noun
1. a device for slowing or stopping a vehicle or other moving mechanism by the absorption or transfer of the energy of momentum, usually by means of friction.
2. brakes, the drums, shoes, tubes, levers, etc., making up such a device on a vehicle.
3. anything that has a slowing or stopping effect.
4. Also called brakeman. a member of a bobsled team who operates the brake.
5. Also called breaker. a tool or machine for breaking up flax or hemp, to separate the fiber.
6. Also called press brake. a machine for bending sheet metal to a desired shape.
7. Obsolete. an old instrument of torture.
–verb (used with object)
8. to slow or stop by means of or as if by means of a brake.
9. to furnish with brakes.
10. to process (flax or hemp) by crushing it in a brake.
–verb (used without object)
11. to use or run a brake.
12. to stop or slow upon being braked.
13. to run a hoisting machine.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < MD, MLG; akin to break

Related forms:
brakeless, adjective

Synonyms:
8. halt, arrest, stay, restrain; curb, curtail.

circuit breaker

 
–noun
1. Electricity. Also called breaker. a device for interrupting an electric circuit to prevent excessive current, as that caused by a short circuit, from damaging the apparatus in the circuit or from causing a fire.
2. any property-tax relief measure that reduces or limits property taxes for certain eligible taxpayers, as those with low income or the elderly.
Origin:
1870–75, Americanism
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break·er 1   (brā'kər)   
n.  

  1. One that breaks, as a machine for breaking up or crushing a substance, such as rock, coal, or plant fibers.

  2. A circuit breaker.

  3. A wave that crests or breaks into foam, as against a shoreline.

  4. One who break dances.

brea·ker 2   (brā'kər)   
n.   Nautical
A small water cask, often used in lifeboats.

[Alteration of Spanish barrica; see barricade.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
breaker

  1. n.
    a break dancer. (Break dancing is a rhythmic and energetic impromptu performance usually done by untrained urban youths.) : He is one of the best breakers in the city.
  2. n.
    someone attempting to use a citizens band radio channel. : There's a breaker trying to use this channel. Let's drop down to eleven.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

brake 
c.1440, from O.Du. braeke "flax brake," from breken "to break." The word was applied to many crushing implements, and the ring through the nose of a draught ox. It was infl. in sense by O.Fr. brac, a form of bras "an arm," thus "a lever or handle," which was being used in Eng. from 1380, and applied to "a bridle or curb" from 1430. One or the other or both took up the main modern meaning of "stopping device for a wheel," first attested 1772.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

circuit breaker

The automatic response, usually a halt or slowdown, in activity at an exchange in response to certain occurrences in trading. Circuit breakers are designed to reduce market volatility and were instituted following the large market breaks in October 1987 and October 1989. See also Rule 80A, suspended trading.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Science Dictionary
breaker   (brā'kər)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. A wave that crests or breaks into foam, as against a shoreline.

  2. A circuit breaker.


circuit breaker  
A switch that automatically interrupts the flow of electric current if the current exceeds a preset limit, measured in amperes. Circuit breakers are used most often as a safety precaution where excessive current through a circuit could be hazardous. Unlike fuses, they can usually be reset and reused.
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