Meaning of broke In English

• 0 past simple of break

• 1 without money:

  • I can't afford to go on holiday this year - I'm (flat) broke.

  • Many small businesses went broke (= lost all their money) during the recession.

• 2 past simple of break

• 3 without money:

  • I can’t go to the movies – I’m flat broke.

  • Is Social Security going broke (= changing to a condition in which it has no money)?

• 4 without money:

  • go broke Some of the merchants say they are unable to cut their expenses and are on the verge of going broke.

• 5 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".

• 6 to risk everything in the hope of having great success