Usually means: Lacking money; financially unsuccessful state.
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General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. broke: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. broke: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. broke: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. broke: Collins English Dictionary
  5. broke: Vocabulary.com
  6. Broke, broke: Wordnik
  7. broke: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. broke: Wiktionary
  9. broke: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. broke: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. broke: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. broke: Dictionary.com
  13. broke: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. broke: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Broke (Brandy Clark song), Broke (Modest Mouse song), Broke (TV series), Broke (The Office), Broke (album), Broke (book), Broke (film), Broke: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Broke, broke: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. broke: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. broke: Rhymezone
  19. broke: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. broke: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. broke: MyWord.info
  22. broke: Free Dictionary
  23. broke: ESL Idiom Page
  24. broke: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. Broke: The Word Detective
  26. broke: Dictionary/thesaurus
  27. broke: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)
  2. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  2. broke: Legal dictionary
  3. broke: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. broke: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. broke: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. broke: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. broke, broke, broke: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Paper Making (No longer online)
  2. Paper Industry (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (broke)

adjective:  (informal) Financially ruined, bankrupt.
adjective:  (informal) Without any money, penniless.
adjective:  (archaic, now informal) Broken.
adjective:  (nautical) Demoted, deprived of a commission.
noun:  (papermaking) Paper or board that is discarded and repulped during the manufacturing process.
noun:  (obsolete) A fragment, remains, a piece broken off.
verb:  To act as a broker; to transact business for another; synonym of broker.
verb:  (obsolete) To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp.
adjective:  (slang) Broke off, rich, wealthy

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