broke

About 27.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb simple past of break
2. verb past participle of break
3. adjective Financially ruined, bankrupt.

   He was broke after spending all his money into video games.

4. adjective Without any money, penniless.

   dead broke; flat broke

5. adjective Broken.

   If it ain’t broke, don't fix it.

6. adjective Demoted, deprived of a commission.

   He was broke and rendered unfit to serve His Majesty at sea.

7. noun Paper or board that is discarded and repulped during the manufacturing process.
8. noun A fragment, remains, a piece broken off.

Similar words

stone-broke stony-broke skint poor bust went blew got came began

Often followed by

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