brooke

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/bɹʊk/
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/bɹʊk/ · /bɹʉk/

Definition of brooke

6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A surname from Middle English.
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name

  1. A surname from Middle English.
  2. A female given name transferred from the surname, fairly popular since the 1970s. it was further popularized by Brooke Shields in the 80s.
  3. A village and civil parish (without a council) in Rutland, England (OS grid ref SK8405).

noun

  1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of brook.
    “Others the utmost boughs of trees doe crop, And brouze the woodbine twigges that freshly bud; This with full bit* doth catch the utmost top Of some soft willow, or new growen stud**; This with sharpe teeth the bramble leaves doth lop, 85 And chaw the tender prickles in her cud; The whiles another high doth overlooke Her owne like image in a christall brooke.”

verb

  1. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of brook.
  2. (alt-of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of broke.

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Etymology

A topographic surname for someone who lived near a brook.

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