Clues for the word "BREAKDOWN"
We've had 16 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 15 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on July 10, 2025.
Definition of breakdown
- n. - The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall.
- n. - A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, as among the colored people of the Southern United States, and so called, perhaps, because the exercise is continued until most of those who take part in it break down.
- n. - Any rude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
Referring Clues
- Reason to call for a tow
- Failure to communicate
- Categorization
- Analysis
- Disintegration
- Reason for a tow
- Deterioration
- Cease functioning
- Mechanical failure
- Opportunity discouraged failure
- Mechanical failure calls for detailed analysis
- Collapse - analysis
- Go to 40-Across
- Cease to function
- Malfunction
- Failure to function
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - July 10, 2025
- Mirror Classic - November 16, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - April 18, 2017
- Guardian Quick - May 10, 2016
- Guardian Quick - July 20, 2015
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 23, 2012
- Guardian Cryptic - August 19, 2011
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 10, 2011
- Guardian Cryptic - April 07, 2010
- Guardian Quick - October 13, 2009
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - August 26, 2008
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 19, 2006
- New York Times - June 14, 2006
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 24, 2006
- USA Today - January 20, 2005