bust 1 (b st)n.1. A sculpture representing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest. 2. a. A woman's bosom. b. The human chest.
[French buste, from Italian busto, possibly from Latin bustum, sepulchral monument.] |
bust 2 (b st)v. bust·ed, bust·ing, busts v.tr.1. Slang a. To smash or break, especially forcefully: "Mr. Luger worked it with a rake, busting up the big clods, making a flat brown table" Garrison Keillor. b. To render inoperable or unusable: busted the vending machine by putting in foreign coins. 2. To cause to come to an end; break up: an attempt to bust the union. 3. To break or tame (a horse). 4. To cause to become bankrupt or short of money: "Too often, the promise of a high-tech design leads to a weapon that busts the budget" Business Week. 5. Slang To reduce in rank. See Synonyms at demote. 6. To hit; punch. 7. Slang a. To place under arrest. b. To make a police raid on. v.intr.1. Slang a. To undergo breakage; become broken. b. To burst; break: "Several companies have threatened to bust out of their high-wage contracts by the dubious technique of declaring bankruptcy" Washington Post. 2. To become bankrupt or short of money. 3. Games To lose at blackjack by exceeding a score of 21. n.1. A failure; a flop: "The home-style bean curd is a bust, oily and rubbery" Mark and Gail Barnett. 2. A state of bankruptcy. 3. A time or period of widespread financial depression: "Bankers consider the region's diversified economy to be good protection against a possible real estate bust" American Banker. 4. A punch; a blow. 5. A spree: a fraternity beer bust. 6. Slang a. An arrest. b. A raid. Idiom: bust (one's) butt/ass Vulgar Slang To make a strenuous effort; work very hard.
[Variant of burst.] |
bust 1 Noun 1. a woman's bosom 2. a sculpture of the head, shoulders, and upper chest of a person [Italian busto a sculpture] bust 2 Informal Verb [busting, busted] or bust 1. to burst or break 2. (of the police) to raid or search (a place) or arrest (someone) 3. US & Canad to demote in military rank Adjective 1. broken 2. go bust to become bankrupt [from burst]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Noun | 1. | bust - a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop"failure - an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose; "the surprise party was a complete failure" bomb, dud, turkey - an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned" | | 2. | bust - the chest of a womanchest, pectus, thorax - the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates | | 3. | bust - a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a personsculpture - a three-dimensional work of plastic art | | 4. | bust - an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days"piss-up - vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking | | Verb | 1. | bust - ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"fall apart, wear out, bust, wear, break - go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely" ruin, destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" | | 2. | bust - search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"attack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" | | 3. | bust - separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"rend, rip, rive, pull - tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" | | 4. | bust - go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"fray, frazzle - wear away by rubbing; "The friction frayed the sleeve" bust, break - ruin completely; "He busted my radio!" | | 5. | bust - break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; "The dam burst"shatter - break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered" | | Adj. | 1. | bust - lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term"poor - having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret" |
bust 1 bust 2 ( Informal)
Translations bust [bʌst] n ( ANAT) → pechovt ( col) ( POLICE) (= arrest); detener;
bust [bʌst] n → buste m; vt ( inf) ( Police) (= arrest); pincer;
bust [bʌst] n → Busen m; to go bust → pleitegehen
bust [bʌst] n ( ART) → busto (= bosom); seno
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