Noun

The act by which something is broken.

* 2009 , John Renard, Tales of God's Friends: Islamic Hagiography in Translation (page 53)

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

(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

break dancing

* 2014 , Karen Schupp, Studying Dance: A Guide for Campus and Beyond (page 48)

The urban dance genre includes breaking , waacking, and house dancing, among others.

Noun

(es)

A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.

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(cricket) A break in play between the first]] and [[second session, second sessions.

(Minnesota, US) Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.