break

• 1. an interruption of continuity; suspension, stoppage.
• 2. a brief rest, as from work, especially a midmorning pause, usually of fifteen minutes, between school classes.
• 3. a short holiday: a three day break.
• 4. an abrupt or marked change, as in sound or direction.
• 5. Cricket, etc. a change in the direction of a ball when it bounces, usually caused by a spinning motion imparted by the bowler.
• 6. a series of successful shots, strokes, or the like, in a game.
• 7. Billiards the score made in such a series.
• 8. any continuous run, especially of good fortune.
• 9. Jazz an instrumental solo usually over a twelve-bar pattern.
• 10. a solo passage, usually of about two bars, preceding an improvisation section, during which the band accompaniment rests.
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