break

Sport definitions

• (of a ball) to change direction on bouncing.
• (in a race) to start before the signal to do so has been given.
• Billiards
• Boxing to discontinue a clinch.
• Cricket to strike (a wicket) so as to dislodge the bails.
• Cycling to suddenly outdistance the rest of the field.
• Golf to bend (the wrists) on the back swing.
• Rugby to disband, as a scrum or maul.

• a premature start in racing.
• a series of successful shots, strokes, or the like, in a game.
• Billiards
• Cricket, etc. a change in the direction of a ball when it bounces, usually caused by a spinning motion imparted by the bowler.
• Harness Racing a change in the pace of a horse, from a trot or pace to a gallop: he pulled the horse into a break.
• Tenpin Bowling a failure to knock down all ten pins after bowling twice.