Reverse Dictionary: BROKEN

BROKEN

(also see BREAK)

ADJECTIVES
..900 ► BROKE broken → obs.
1400 ► FORBRITTENED broken in pieces 
1400 ► CRAZED broken, cracked; flawed, damaged → obs.
1425 ► RUPT ruptured; broken
1596 ► CRAZEN broken, shattered → obs.
1597 ► ABRUPTED suddenly broken off 
1643 ► OUT OF KELTER → OUT OF KILTER broken, not working 
1654 ► CONFRAGOSE broken, rough with breaks, or shattered parts; uneven → obs.
1657 ► EFFRACTED broken off → obs.
1837 ► BRICKLY easily broken; brittle; crisp → Amer. dial.
1863 ► FUCKED-UP ruined, broken; of poor quality, awful → sl.
1873 ► JUNKY broken; cut short → Jamaican
1881 ► BUSTED broken; burst → US colloq.
1895 ► JIGGERED broken or of no use → sl.
1898 ► ALL-A-BITS broken; in pieces or rags → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
..20C ► FUTZED-UP broken; messed up, confused → US sl.
..20C ► ONCUS broken; out of order; said of machinery → Aust. sl.
..20C ► BANGED UP broken; said of objects; battered, esp. of a car with notable damage to the panel work → sl.
..20C ► GONE TO GUNDY broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless → Aust. sl.
..20C ► GUNDY broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless → Aust. sl.
..20C ► NO GOOD TO GUNDY broken; beyond repair; ruined; worthless → Aust. sl.
1905 ► NASHY → NESH → NESHY easily broken; brittle → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1907 ► AUSGESPIELT broken; tired out; finished → Amer. dial.
1907 ► BUMMED damaged or injured; worn out, broken → colloq., orig. & chiefly US
1909 ► BUSTED-UP broken; burst; bankrupt or ruined → US colloq.
1910 ► KAPUT broken; not functioning, ruined → sl.
1916 ► BUSTICATED broken, completely shattered → Amer. dial.
1930 ► BUNG broken, damaged → Aust. sl.
1942 ► GUNNY-SACKED broken, fouled up → Amer. dial.
1943 ► PAKARU → PUCKAROO → PUCKEROO →  PUKAROO → PUKARU broken; useless, out of order; destroyed, finished → NZ sl.
1949 ► FUCKED ruined, broken; of poor quality → sl.
1950 ► BUCKY broken; out of order → Amer. dial.
1950 ► KNACKERED broken, irreparable; said of machinery, objects → sl.
1957 ► CROCK broken; no good; worthless → Aust. sl.
1960 ► BROKITY broken → Amer. dial.
1965 ► CHALKY easily broken; brittle → Amer. dial.
1967 ► BRITTLY easily broken; brittle → Amer. dial.
1969 ► BRICKLE AS A PIE CRUST easily broken; brittle → Amer. dial.
1975 ► JIZZICKED broken, so far gone that repairs are pointless → Amer. dial.
1982 ► TEN-ONE broken → UK teen sl.
1990 ► BRUCK broken, destroyed → Black British sl.
1993 ► SKEE-WHIFFED broken; damaged → Amer. dial.
1999 ► JIGGERED broken or of no use → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
2001 ► WONKEY → WONKY broken → US sl.
2001 ► UP THE WOP broken; unsound → NZ sl.


ADVERBS
1790 ► A-SCAT broken like an egg → Eng. dial.


NOUNS
1529 ► MAMMOCK a broken or torn piece; a scrap, a shred → arch. or Eng. dial.
1808 ► GABBIT a broken piece, a fragment → Sc. obs.
1811 ► SCARD a broken piece of pottery or any brittle substance → Eng. dial.
1900 ► GABBER → GABER a broken piece, a fragment → Sc. (Bk.)
1908 LEPP a piece or fragment of something, a shred, a rag, a tatter; any broken-down or worn-out article → Sc.
1942 ► CLUCK a mechanical device which is broken or will not work → Amer. sl. (Bk.)


VERBS
1920 ► BUY IT to be broken or destroyed; said of an inanimate object → sl.