The act by which something is broken. / (linguistics) A change of a vowel to a diphthong. / (music) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones. / Breakdancing.

present participle of break

present participle of break into

present participle of break in

present participle of break with

plural of breaking

present participle of break it to

present participle of break it

(transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

(music) A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.