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verb
1.
a simple past tense of break.
2.
Nonstandard. a past participle of break.
3.
Archaic. a past participle of break.
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noun
Idioms 6.
Papermaking. paper unfit for sale; paper that is to be repulped.
7.
brokes, wool of poor quality taken from the neck and belly of sheep.
8.
go broke,
a.
to become destitute of money or possessions.
b.
to go bankrupt: In that business people are forever going broke.
9.
go for broke, to exert oneself or employ one's resources to the utmost.
Origin:
1655–65 (adj.); 1875–80 (noun)
1655–65 (adj.); 1875–80 (noun)
Synonyms
4, 5. insolvent, destitute, impoverished.
4, 5. insolvent, destitute, impoverished.
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broke (brəʊk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | the past tense of break |
| —adj | |
| 2. | informal having no money; bankrupt |
| 3. | slang go for broke to risk everything in a gambling or other venture |
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Word Origin & History
broke
past tense and obsolete pp. of break (variant of broken); extension to "insolvent" is first recorded 1716 (broken, in this sense, is attested from 1590s). By coincidence, O.E. cognate broc meant, in addition to "that which breaks," "affliction, misery;" but that sense died out long before the current
one began.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases
go broke
Also, go bust. Undergo financial collapse, lose most or all of one's money. For example, The company's about to go broke, or The producer of that movie went bust. The first expression dates from the mid-1600s; the second, slangier variant dates from the mid-1800s.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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