"breaking" meaning in English

See breaking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-breaking.ogg Forms: breakings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪkɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} breaking (countable and uncountable, plural breakings)
  1. The act by which something is broken. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-breaking-en-noun-fkGc6Jue
  2. (linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-breaking-en-noun-bgKzYOFY Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  3. (music) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-breaking-en-noun-ZCo~WGEK Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  4. Breakdancing. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Dance
    Sense id: en-breaking-en-noun-sd3Aibdg Disambiguation of Dance: 0 6 8 80 2 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 6 5 83 1 1 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 4 4 84 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 8 15 65 2 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 3 3 88 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 5 5 5 80 3 3
  5. (colloquial, informal) Breaking news. Tags: colloquial, countable, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-breaking-en-noun-VRksnykZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (in linguistics: vowel breaking): Brechung [feminine] (German)

Verb

IPA: /ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-breaking.ogg
Rhymes: -eɪkɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} breaking
  1. present participle and gerund of break Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: break
    Sense id: en-breaking-en-verb-fnkdaVz~

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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