"breaky" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbɹeɪki/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-breaky.wav [Southern-England] Forms: breakier [comparative], more breaky [comparative], breakiest [superlative], most breaky [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪki Etymology: From break + -y; or alternatively, a clipping of breaking (compare movie from moving picture). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|break|y|id2=adjectival}} break + -y, {{clipping|en|breaking|nocap=1}} clipping of breaking Head templates: {{en-adj|er,more}} breaky (comparative breakier or more breaky, superlative breakiest or most breaky)
  1. Easily broken.
    Sense id: en-breaky-en-adj-ZmbL~H7I Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈbɹɛki/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-breaky2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: breakies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛki Etymology: Clipping of breakfast + -y. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|breakfast}} Clipping of breakfast, {{suffix|en||y}} + -y Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} breaky (countable and uncountable, plural breakies)
  1. Alternative spelling of brekkie. Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: brekkie
    Sense id: en-breaky-en-noun-Y3NrS1Xj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms suffixed with -y, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 99 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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