bust
Betekenis (Engels)
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- (colloquial) To break.
- (slang) To arrest (someone) for a crime.
- (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.
- To debunk, dispel (a belief).
- An emphatic synonym of do or get.
- (informal) To reduce in rank.
- To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
- To lose all of one's chips.
- To exceed a score of 21.
- (slang) To break in (an animal).
- (slang) To break in (a woman or girl), to deflower
- (slang) To ejaculate; to eject semen or to squirt.
- For a headline to exceed the amount of space reserved for it.
- (slang) To refute an established opening.
- (slang) To shoot (a gun).
- (slang) To attack, hit or insult (someone).
- (slang) To do or perform; to move quickly.
Concepten
Synoniemen
female chest
catch in the act
renege on
go into liquidation
be done for
break apart
go broke
go bust
renegue on
sharp fall
sharp drop
upper half of body
improverishment
brecciate
become improverished
operating bust
steep fall
play smash
become insolvent
chip off
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈbʌst/
Etymologie (Engels)
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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