Break or Breaks or The Break may refer to:

Time off from duties

* Recess (break), time in which a group of people is temporarily dismissed from its duties * Break (work), time off during a shift/recess ** Coffee break, a short mid-morning rest period in business * Annual leave (holiday/vacation), paid time off work

Time off from school

* Holiday break, a U.S. term for various school holidays *

Christmas break An academic year or school year is a period of time which schools, colleges and universities use to measure a quantity of study. School holiday School holidays (also referred to as vacations, breaks, and recess) are the periods during which sc ...

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

Ted Breaks Edward Breaks (29 December 1919 – November 2000) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League as a left back for Halifax Town. Life and career Breaks was born in 1919 in Halifax, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. ...

(1919–2000), English professional footballer * Danny Breaks (active 1990s–), British drum and bass DJ, record producer and record label owner

Sport

* , 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

Computing

* Break condition, in asynchronous serial communication *

Break key The Break key (or the symbol ⎉) of a computer keyboard refers to breaking a telegraph circuit and originated with 19th century practice. In modern usage, the key has no well-defined purpose, but while this is the case, it can be used by softwar ...

, a special key on computer keyboards * break statement, a keyword in computer programming used for flow control * Line break (computing), a special character signifying the end of a line of text * To break (or "crack") an encryption cipher, in cryptanalysis

Other technologies

* Brake (carriage), a type of horse-drawn carriage used in the 19th and early 20th centuries *

Break (locksmithing) This is a glossary of locksmithing terms. Glossary References External links {{Locksmithing Locksmithing Locksmithing ...

, a separation between pins of a lock * Breakover angle, a maximum possible supplementary angle of terrain *

Paradelta Break The Paradelta Break is an Italian single-place paraglider that was designed and produced by Paradelta Parma of Parma. It remained in production in 2016.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 24 ...

, an Italian paraglider design

Arts and media

Books

* ''The Break'' (novel), 1957, by José Giovanni * ''The Breaks'' (novel), by Richard Price

Film and television

* ''Break'' (2008 film), an American action film * ''Break'' (2014 film), also known as ''Nature Law'' *

Break (2020 film) ''Break'' is a 2020 British independent film. Written and directed by Michael Elkin, it stars Sam Gittins, Jamie Foreman, Adam Deacon, Terri Dwyer, David Yip and Rutger Hauer in one of his final screen roles. Snooker player cameos include Liang W ...

, a British independent film * ''The Break'' (1995 film), an American tennis film * ''The Break'' (1963 film), a drama starring Tony Britton * ''The Break'' (2003 film), a TV film featuring

Kris Kristofferson Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is a retired American singer, songwriter and actor. Among his songwriting credits are "Me and Bobby McGee", " For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and " Help Me Make It Through the Ni ...

* ''The Break'', alternative name for ''

A Further Gesture ''A Further Gesture'' is a 1997 film directed by Robert Dornhelm. It stars Stephen Rea and Alfred Molina and had its première at the 12th Dublin Film Festival on 4 March 1997. It is also known as ''The Break''.''The Break'' (TV series), a 2016 Belgian crime drama, also known as ''La Trêve'' * ''

The Break with Michelle Wolf ''The Break with Michelle Wolf'' is an American streaming television variety show starring Michelle Wolf that premiered on May 27, 2018 on Netflix. The series is executive produced by Wolf, Dan Powell, Christine Nangle, and Daniel Bodansky. Powell ...

'', a 2018 Netflix series * ''The Breaks'' (1999 film), an American comedy * ''The Breaks'' (2016 film), an American television hip-hop drama ** ''The Breaks'' (TV series), a 2017 American drama and a continuation of the 2016 film * "Break" (''Bottom''), a British television episode * Break (Transformers), a fictional character * ''The Break'', a short film shown at the 2016 Dublin International Film Festival

Music

* Break (music), a percussion interlude or instrumental solo within a longer work of music *

Breakbeat Breakbeat is a broad type of electronic music that tends to use drum breaks sampled from early recordings of funk, jazz, and R&B. Breakbeats have been used in styles such as hip hop, jungle, drum and bass, big beat, breakbeat hardcore, and ...

, a broad style of electronic or dance-oriented music

Albums

* ''Break'' (Enchant album), 1998 * ''Break'' (Mamoru Miyano album), 2009 * ''Break'' (One-Eyed Doll album), 2010 * ''Break'' (EP), 2006, by The Cinematics

Songs

* "Break", 1972, by

Aphrodite's Child Aphrodite's Child was a Greek rock and pop band formed in 1967, by Vangelis Papathanassiou (keyboards, flutes), Demis Roussos (bass, acoustic and electric guitar, vocals), Loukas Sideras (drums and vocals), and Silver Koulouris (guitar). The ...

* "The Breaks" (song), 1980, by Kurtis Blow * "Break" (1984), by Play Dead * "Break" (1995), by The Gyres * "Break" (1996), by Staind from the album '' Tormented'' * "Break" (1998), by Fugazi from the album '' End Hits'' * "Break" (2002), by Jurassic 5 from the album '' Power in Numbers'' * "Break" (2006), by Republic of Loose from the album '' Aaagh!'' * "Break" (2006), by The Cinematics * "Break" (2008), by Alanis Morissette from the album '' Flavors of Entanglement'' * "Break" (Three Days Grace song) (2009) * "Break" (2013), by Hostyle Gospel from the album '' Desperation'' * "Break" (2015), by Katherine McPhee from the album '' Hysteria'' * "Break" (2015), by No Devotion from the album '' Permanence'' * "Break" (Kero Kero Bonito song), 2016

Other media

* Break.com, a humor website

Other uses

* Big break (jargon), a circumstance which allows an actor or musician to "break into" the industry and achieve fame *

Bone fracture A bone fracture (abbreviated FRX or Fx, Fx, or #) is a medical condition in which there is a partial or complete break in the continuity of any bone in the body. In more severe cases, the bone may be broken into several fragments, known as a '' ...

, a medical condition in which there is a break in the continuity of the bone * Commercial break, in television and radio * Prison escape, the act of an inmate leaving prison through unofficial or illegal ways *

Section break In books and documents, a section is a subdivision, especially of a chapter. Sections are visually separated from each other with a section break, typically consisting of extra space between the sections, and sometimes also by a section headin ...

, in type setting * Break, an air combat maneuver; see Basic fighter maneuvers *

Breaks, Virginia Breaks is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) mostly in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States. A small portion of the CDP is in Dickenson County. Breaks is located very close to the Kentucky border and is eas ...

* Psychotic break