noun General Slang

Breaker

· noun · trucker / CB

Asking permission to cut in on a CB channel.

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A driver requesting permission to start a transmission or join an ongoing conversation on a CB channel. Polite radio etiquette — you announce yourself instead of stomping on someone else's signal.

“Breaker one-nine, this is Rolling Thunder, anybody got a smokey report for the I-40 westbound?”
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Breaker In A Sentence

Breaker one-nine, this is Rolling Thunder, anybody got a smokey report for the I-40 westbound?

Origin & Usage

CB etiquette term from the 1960s–70s. "Break" the existing transmission to ask if you can join. "Breaker one-nine" — break into channel 19, the unofficial trucker channel — became the iconic CB opener, immortalized in the 1975 song "Convoy" by C.W. McCall.

People Also Ask

What does breaker mean on CB radio?

'Breaker' is how you ask permission to cut in on a CB radio channel.

How do you use breaker in a sentence?

"Breaker one-nine, anybody got a copy on the traffic ahead?"

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