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What is "broke" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does broke mean in English? Meaning of broke definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "broke" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "broke": lacking funds

Adjective

  • Meaning: lacking funds
  • Example: `skint' is a British slang term
  • Synonyms: broke bust skint stone-broke stony-broke
  • Similar: poor
  • Adjective: simple past tense of break(archaic, nonstandard or poetic) past participle of break 1999 October 3, J. Stewart Burns, "Mars University", Futurama, season 2, episode 2, Fox Broadcasting Company Guenther: I guess the hat must have broke my fall.1999 October 3, J. Stewart Burns, "Mars University", Futurama, season 2, episode 2, Fox Broadcasting Company Guenther: I guess the hat must have broke my fall.

    • Synonyms:

    penniless, insolvent, destitute, bankrupt, strapped, impoverished, bust, ruined, indebted, indigent, needy, penurious, poor, beggared, cleaned out, dirt poor, flat broke, in Chapter 11, in debt, stone broke, tapped out,

    Antonyms:

    wealthy, solvent, rich, affluent,

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    broke in English: broke
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