breaking

nounverbcommon in dialogue

//ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ//

The act by which something is broken.

noun

1
The act by which something is broken.
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
A change of a vowel to a diphthong.
3
A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones.
4
Breakdancing.
The urban dance genre includes breaking, waacking, and house dancing, among others.

verb

1
Also a form of breakpresent participle and gerund of break

Forms

plural: breakings

breakdown · A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.breaker · Something that breaks (something else).breakfast · The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

breaking · The act by which something is broken.

breakthrough · Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle.breakup · The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.breast · Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's…

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.