bust

Betekenis (English)

1. (colloquial) To break.
2. (slang) To arrest (someone) for a crime.
3. (slang) To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
4. To debunk, dispel (a belief).
5. An emphatic synonym of do or get.
6. (informal) To reduce in rank.
7. To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
8. To lose all of one's chips.
9. To exceed a score of 21.
10. (slang) To break in (an animal).
11. (slang) To break in (a woman or girl), to deflower
12. (slang) To ejaculate; to eject semen or to squirt.
13. For a headline to exceed the amount of space reserved for it.
14. (slang) To refute an established opening.
15. (slang) To shoot (a gun).
16. (slang) To attack, hit or insult (someone).
17. (slang) To do or perform; to move quickly.

borstbeeld

buste

thorax

torso

razzia

female chest

catch in the act

renege on

go into liquidation

be done for

break apart

demulsify

disunify

fucked-up

go broke

go bust

renegue on

stave in

sharp fall

sharp drop

upper half of body

improverishment

brecciate

bubs

become improverished

operating bust

steep fall

play smash

become insolvent

chip off

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈbʌst/

Inherited from Middelengels

busten

In summary

From Middle English busten, a variant of Middle English bursten, bresten (“to burst”). Compare German Low German basten and barsten (“to burst”). More at burst.

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