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adjective. : penniless. Synonyms. Adjective. beggared. beggarly. destitute. dirt-poor. down-and-out. famished. hard up. impecunious. impoverished. indigent. necessitous. needful. needy. pauperized.
used to emphasize that someone or something has no money at all: A spokesman said that the credit crunch had left the company " flat broke". go for broke. to risk everything in the hope of having great success.
Broke definition: a simple past tense of break. . See examples of BROKE used in a sentence.
Define broke. broke synonyms, broke pronunciation, broke translation, English dictionary definition of broke. v. 1. Past tense of break. 2. Nonstandard A past participle of break. adj. Informal 1. Bankrupt. 2. Lacking funds: "an organization that gets increasingly...
Definition of broke adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
BROKE definition: 1. to not have any money: 2. to lose all your money and have to end your business 3. past tense of…. Learn more.
3 meanings: 1. → the past tense of break 2. informal having no money; bankrupt 3. → See go for broke.... Click for more definitions.
break off, to cut off or remove (a part of) by breaking: [ ~ + off + object] I broke off a piece of meat. [ ~ + object + off] to break a piece off. to stop suddenly; discontinue: [ ~ + off + object] The two nations decided to break off relations. [ ~ + object + off] to break them off.
broke. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English broke1 /brəʊk $ broʊk/ verb the past tense of break broke2 adjective [ not before noun] 1 having no money I’m fed up with being broke all the time. flat/stony broke (=completely broke) 2 → go broke 3 → go for broke 4 → if it ain't broke, don't fix it Examples from the Corpus ...
Definition of broke verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
