brek

Shortening.

brek (countable and uncountable, plural breks)

1. (informal) breakfast

• brekkie

brek

1. Pronunciation spelling of break.
   • 1897, William O. Stoddard, Crowded Out o' Crofield‎:

     "They were goin' to brek into me house, indade," said Mrs. McNamara.

   • 1900, Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories‎:

     At a very early age his shrill voice could be heard calling in admonitory tones, caught from his mother's very lips, "You 'Nelius, don' you let me ketch you th'owin' at ol' mis' guinea-hens no mo'; you hyeah me?" or "Hi'am, you come offen de top er dat shed 'fo' you fall an' brek yo' naik all to pieces."

   • 1715, S.R. Crockett, Bog-Myrtle and Peat‎:

     If that's Gavin Stevenson, the muckle nowt, I declare I'll brek his ramshackle blunderbuss owre his thick heid."

• Berk, berk, kerb

• brekot

Deverbal from brečet.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbrɛk]
• Hyphenation: brek

brek m inan

1. crying

   Synonyms: pláč, brekot, bek

   dát se do breku ― to start crying

• brek in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• brek in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• brek in Internetová jazyková příručka

brek n (genitive singular breks, plural brek)

1. defect
2. disability
3. infirmity
4. hindrance
5. (computing) bug

brek n (genitive singular breks, nominative plural brek)

1. (uncountable) trickery
2. (countable) practical joke

• IPA^(key): /breːk/

brek n (definite singular breket, indefinite plural brek, definite plural breka)

1. a bleat

brek

1. imperative of breka

Borrowed from English break.

• IPA^(key): /brɛk/
• Rhymes: -ɛk
• Syllabification: brek

brek m inan

1. break (large four-wheeled carriage)

• brek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• brek in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *berkъ.

brek m inan

1. wild service tree, chequer tree (Sorbus torminalis)

   Synonyms: breka, brekovec

Borrowed from Italian bracco.

brek m anim

1. hunting dog

Borrowed from English break.

brẹ̑k m inan

1. break (four-wheeled carriage)

• “brek”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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brek c (plural brekken, diminutive brekje)

1. break, fracture
2. fraction

• “brek (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

brek

1. Alternative form of brocke
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 10, page 88:

     T' brek up ee bathès h' had na poustee;

     To break up the goal they had not power;

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 88