Lexic.us

Definition of Broke

1. Adjective. Lacking funds. "`skint' is a British slang term"

Definition of Broke

1. v. i. To transact business for another.

Definition of Broke

1. Adjective. (informal) Lacking money; bankrupt ¹

2. Adjective. (informal) Broken. ¹

3. Verb. (simple past of break) ¹

4. Verb. (archaic or poetic) (past participle of break) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Broke

1. break [v] - See also: break

Medical Definition of Broke

1. 1. To transact business for another. 2. To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp. "We do want a certain necessary woman to broke between them, Cupid said." (Fanshawe) "And brokes with all that can in such a suit Corrupt the tender honor of a maid." (Shak) See: Broker, and cf. Brook. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Broke

Literary usage of Broke

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"broke died in the year following the production of his chief work. In 1663 was published ' An Agreement of sundry places of Scripture seeming in shew to ..."

2. A Short History of the English People by John Richard Green (1899)
"tices mobbed Laud at Lambeth, and broke up the sittings of the High Commission at St. Paul's. The war was denounced everywhere as " the Bishops' War," and ..."

3. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"Every now and then masses of the dark crust broke away and floated slowly down these streams like rafts down a river. Occasionally the molten lava flowing ..."

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