bust

Meaning

Verb

1. (US, colloquial, transitive) To break.
2. (slang, transitive) To arrest (someone or a group of people) for a crime.
3. (slang, transitive) 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. (transitive) To debunk, dispel (a belief).
5. An emphatic synonym of do or get.
6. (US, informal) To reduce in rank.
7. (transitive) 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, transitive) To break in (an animal).
11. (slang, transitive) To break in (a woman or girl), to deflower
12. (intransitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate; to eject semen or to squirt.
13. (intransitive) For a headline to exceed the amount of space reserved for it.
14. (slang) To refute an established opening.
15. (slang, transitive) To shoot (a gun).
16. (intransitive, slang) To attack, hit or insult (someone).
17. (slang) To do or perform; to move quickly.

Noun

1. (slang) The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
2. (slang) A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
3. (slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.
4. (slang) A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
5. (slang) A disappointment.
6. (derogatory) A player who fails to meet expectations.
7. The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
8. (dated, slang) A spree, unrestrained revel, or wild party.

Adj

Without any money, broke, bankrupt.

Noun

1. A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
2. The circumference of a woman's chest around her breasts.

Synonyms

bosom

break

breast

raid

break up

chest

tear

snap

breasts

burst

bankruptcy

thorax

broke

smash

binge

failure

fragment

rupture

fall apart

fizzle

crack

stony-broke

bodice

female chest

stone-broke

disband

wear

bankrupt

wear out

break open

break down

blow

catch in the act

decompose

flop

fracture

collapse

bout

skint

bust up

boobs

burglary

boob

become insolvent

broken-down

broken

explode

escalation

dissolve

body

Translations

buste

Büste

busto

busto

poitrine

pecho

bust

busto

buste

borstbeeld

casser

Brust

borst

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbʌst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: busten

In summary

From a non-rhotic pronunciation of burst, which goes back to Middle English busten, a variant of bursten, bresten (“to burst”). Compare Low German basten, a variant of barsten (“to burst”).