Break

Break or Breaks or The Break may refer to:

Time off from duties

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Time off from school

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  • Holiday break, a U.S. term for various school holidays
  • Christmas break or Winter break, a break in the winter, typically around Christmas and New Years
  • Spring break, a recess in early spring at universities and schools in various countries in the northern hemisphere
  • Summer break, a typical long break in the summertime

People

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  • Ted Breaks (1919–2000), English professional footballer
  • Danny Breaks (active 1990s–), British drum and bass DJ, record producer and record label owner
  • Jim Breaks (1940–2023), English professional wrestler

Sport

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  • Break, the first shot meant to break the balls in cue sports, also a series of shots in snooker
  • Breaking ball, a pitch that does not travel straight like a fastball as it approaches the batter
  • Surf break, place where a wave collapses into surf
  • Horse breaking, the process of training a horse to be ridden
  • Break (tennis), to win a tennis game as the receiving player or team, thereby breaking serve

Technology

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Computing

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Other technologies

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Arts and media

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Books

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Film, television and theatre

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To break character (or "corpse"), to lose composure during comedic scenes

Music

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  • Break (music), a percussion interlude or instrumental solo within a longer work of music
  • Breakbeat, a broad style of electronic or dance-oriented music

Albums

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Songs

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Other media

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Other uses

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See also

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