bust

bust ¹  (bst)

n.

1. A sculpture representing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest.

2.

a. A woman's bosom.

b. The human chest.

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[French buste, from Italian busto, possibly from Latin bustum, sepulchral monument.]

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bust ²  (bst)

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.

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[Variant of burst.]

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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]

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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]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bust - a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop" fizzle, 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 woman                 female chest female body - the body of a female human being chest, 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 person sculpture - 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" binge, tear, bout revel, revelry - unrestrained merrymaking piss-up - vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking
Verb	1.	bust - ruin completely; "He busted my radio!" break 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" break down - cause to fall or collapse ruin, destroy - destroy completely; damage irreparably; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" bust up, wrack, wreck - smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car"
	2.	bust - search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house" raid 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" rupture, tear, snap disunite, separate, part, divide - force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" lacerate - cut or tear irregularly rend, rip, rive, pull - tear or be torn violently; "The curtain ripped from top to bottom"; "pull the cooked chicken into strips" rip up, shred, tear up - tear into shreds
	4.	bust - go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely" fall apart, wear out, wear, break decay, dilapidate, crumble - fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay" 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" burst shatter - break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered" come apart, break, split up, fall apart, separate - become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"
Adj.	1.	bust - lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term" broke, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke poor - having little money or few possessions; "deplored the gap between rich and poor countries"; "the proverbial poor artist living in a garret"

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bust ¹

noun bosom, breasts, chest, front

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bust ² (Informal)

verb 1. break, smash, split, burst, shatter, fracture, rupture, break into fragments

verb 2. arrest, catch, lift (slang) raid, cop (slang) nail (informal) collar (informal) nab (informal) feel your collar (slang)

noun 3. arrest, capture, raid, cop (slang) go bust go bankrupt, fail, break, be ruined, become insolvent

Translations

bust [bʌst] n (ANAT) → pecho

adj (col) (= broken); roto, estropeado

vt (col) (POLICE) (= arrest); detener;

to go bust → quebrar

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bust [bʌst] n → buste m;

(measurement) → tour m de poitrine

adj (inf) (= broken); fichu(e) → fini(e)

vt (inf) (Police) (= arrest); pincer;

to go bust → faire faillite

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bust [bʌst] n → Busen m;

(measurement) → Oberweite f;

(sculpture) → Büste f

adj (inf) → kaputt

vt (inf) → verhaften;

to go bust → pleitegehen

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bust [bʌst] n (ART) → busto (= bosom); seno

adj (= broken) → rotto/a

vt (col) (POLICE) (= arrest); pizzicare, beccare;

to go bust → fallire

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bust¹

n bust [bast]

1 a woman's chest She has a very small bust. buuste صَدْر женски бюст prsa buste die Büste στήθος busto, pecho rinnapartii, rinnad پستان ها povi poitrine שָׁד छाती prsa mell payudara seno バスト (여성의) 가슴 krūtinė (sievietes) krūtis buah dada boezem barm, brystmål biust peito piept бюст poprsie prsi poprsje bröst, barm, bystmått หน้าอก göğüs 婦女的胸部 груди, бюст عورت کی چھاتی ngực phụ nữ 妇女的胸部

2 a sculpture of a person's head and shoulders a bust of Julius Caesar. borsbeeld تِمْثالٌ نِصْفي склуптурен бюст busta buste die Büste προτομή busto büst تندیس نیم تنه rintakuva buste פֶּסֶל ראֹש וְחָזֵה मनुष्य के सिर और धड़ की मूर्ति bista mellszobor patung dada brjóstmynd busto 胸像 반신상 biustas krušutēls patung buste, borstbeeld byste popiersie busto bust бюст busta doprsni kip bista byst รูปปั้นศีรษะและไหล่ büst 半身像 бюст سر اور چھاتی کا مجسمہ tượng bán thân 半身像