broke

Broke is defined as to have destroyed, hurt or ripped something in the past.

(verb)

An example of broke was to have smashed a glass vase yesterday.

The definition of broke is having little or no money.

(adjective)

An example of someone who is broke is a person in bankruptcy.

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See broke in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb

break

adjective

  1. having little or no ready money
  2. bankrupt

See broke in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb
  1. Past tense of break.
  2. Nonstandard A past participle of break.
adjective
Informal
  1. Bankrupt.
  2. Lacking funds: “Following the election, the Democrats were demoralized, discredited, and broke” (Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.)

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