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housebroke

housebroke is the simple past of housebreak.

Meaning of housebreak

Verb

housebreak (third-person singular simple present housebreaks, present participle housebreaking, simple past housebroke, past participle housebroken)

  1. (US, transitive) To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle.
  2. (US, intransitive) To break into a house, typically to burgle it.

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Questions about housebroke

What is housebroke the simple past of?
Housebroke is the simple past of housebreak.

Words near housebroke in the dictionary

  1. housebreaker
  2. housebreakers
  3. housebreaking
  4. housebreakings
  5. housebreaks
  6. housebroke
  7. housebroken
  8. housebuilder
  9. housebuilders
  10. housebuilding
  11. housebuyer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: housebroke (page history and authors); housebreak (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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