breaking

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/

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• Homophone: braking
• Rhymes: -eɪkɪŋ

Verb

breaking

1. present participle of break

Derived terms

• breaking change
• breaking news
• late-breaking
• record-breaking

Noun

breaking (countable and uncountable, plural breakings)

1. The act by which something is broken.
   • 2009, John Renard, Tales of God's Friends: Islamic Hagiography in Translation, page 53:

     We, on the other hand, do not reject the occurrence of breakings of the natural order of things that occur in connection with a prescribed proclamation […]

2. (linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong.
3. (music) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones.
4. Breakdancing.
   • 2014, Karen Schupp, Studying Dance: A Guide for Campus and Beyond, page 48:

     The urban dance genre includes breaking, waacking, and house dancing, among others.

Derived terms

• breaking and entering
• breaking of the waters
• sequence breaking
• strike breaking

 

Translations

in linguistics: vowel breaking

• German: Brechung (de) f

Anagrams

• rebaking