break-off

Meaning

Noun

1. That which breaks off, or is broken off
2. A break, discontinuance, or interruption
3. The first shot in a game of snooker or other cue-game

Verb

Nonstandard form of break off (“to play the first shot in a frame of snooker, billiards or pool”).

Synonyms

breakdown

disagreement

disconnect

disorder

failure

fracture

rupture

slump

wreckage

bad condition

out of form

not to work out

Translations

Abbruch

Missverhältnis

Misslingen

schlechter Zustand

Nichtübereinstimmen

afstoot

Etymology

Deverbal from break off.