"brek" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: breks [plural]
Etymology: Shortening. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} brek (countable and uncountable, plural breks)
  1. (informal) breakfast Tags: countable, informal, uncountable Related terms: brekkie
    Sense id: en-brek-en-noun-fFjqJTYo
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb}} brek
  1. Pronunciation spelling of break. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: break
    Sense id: en-brek-en-verb-4z2vr8de Categories (other): English pronunciation spellings, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1897, William O. Stoddard, Crowded Out o' Crofield",
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          "ref": "1900, Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Strength of Gideon and Other Stories",
          "text": "At a very early age his shrill voice could be heard calling in admonitory tones, caught from his mother's very lips, \"You 'Nelius, don' you let me ketch you th'owin' at ol' mis' guinea-hens no mo'; you hyeah me?\" or \"Hi'am, you come offen de top er dat shed 'fo' you fall an' brek yo' naik all to pieces.\"",
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          "ref": "1715, S.R. Crockett, Bog-Myrtle and Peat",
          "text": "If that's Gavin Stevenson, the muckle nowt, I declare I'll brek his ramshackle blunderbuss owre his thick heid.\"",
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