Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

break the bank

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.87 in modern English

Syllables
break the bank
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

At a casino etc., to win all the money that is available to be paid.

Intransitive verb

verb

To exhaust one's financial resources.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

breaks the bank (present, singular) breaking the bank (participle, present) broke the bank (past) broken the bank (participle, past)

Questions

What does break the bank mean?
At a casino etc., to win all the money that is available to be paid.

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