Meaning

noun some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

noun an unexpected piece of good luck

noun (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der. Proto-Germanic *brekaną Proto-West Germanic *brekan Old English brecan Middle English breken English break From Middle English breken, from Old English brecan (“to break”), from Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”). Doublet of bray. Cognates Cognates of Germanic origin…

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