Break

To break is the act of damaging something.

Break may also refer to:

• Break (music), a percussion interlude or instrumental solo within a longer work of music
• Break key, a special key on computer keyboards
• Break statement, a keyword in computer programming for flow control
• Break, a deviation of a pitched baseball from a regular path resulting from spin put on it by a pitcher. Examples of pitched balls that break are the curve ball and slider, which are known as "breaking balls."
• Break (work), time off during a shift
• Break or Break shot, the first shot meant to break the balls in snooker and billiards
• Break.com, a popular college humor website
• Break (album), a 2009 album by Mamoru Miyano
• "Break" (Bottom episode)
• Break, a computer language construct in programming to terminate a loop or enclosing scope early
• Brake (carriage) or break, a type of horse-drawn carriage used in the nineteenth and early 20th centuries
• Horse breaking, the process of training a horse to be ridden
• Recess (break)
• a coffee break
• a vacation
• a station wagon
• a prison escape
• the action of gaining a confession from a suspect in a criminal or espionage investigation.
• Break (surfing), place where a wave collapses into surf
• "Break" (song), a 2009 single by Three Days Grace from the album Life Starts Now

See also

• Bone fracture
• Break a leg
• Breakwater (structure)
• Breakdancing
• Broke
• Burglary