Rupture.
(Homonym: brake).
1. The occurrence of breaking.
2. A sudden dash.
3. An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; SYN. interruption, disruption, gap.
4. An escape from jail; SYN. breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking.
5. An unexpected piece of good luck; SYN. good luck, happy chance.
6. (Tennis) A score consisting of winning a game when one's opponent was serving; SYN. break of serve.
7. The opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool.
1. A long narrow opening; SYN. cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure.
2. A mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something; SYN. check, chip.
3. A usually brief attempt; SYN. fling, go, pass, whirl, offer.
4. A sudden sharp noise; SYN. cracking.
5. A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted.