verb

past (and archaic past participle) of break1.

adjective

having completely run out of money.

he went broke owing two million pounds

penniless,moneyless,bankrupt,insolvent,poor,poverty-stricken,impoverished,impecunious,penurious,indigent,in penury,needy,destitute,ruined,down and out,without a penny to one’s name,flat broke,on one’s uppers,cleaned out,strapped (for cash),bust,hard up,without a bean,without a sou,as poor as a church mouse,stony broke,skint,without a shot in one’s locker,on one’s beam-ends,without a brass farthing,boracic (lint),stone broke,without a red cent