bust-up (redirected from bust-ups)

bust-up Informal

n

1. a quarrel, esp a serious one ending a friendship, etc.

2. Brit a disturbance or brawl

vb bust up (adverb)

1. (intr) to quarrel and part

2. (tr) to disrupt (a meeting), esp violently

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bust-up - a serious quarrel (especially one that ends a friendship) dustup, quarrel, run-in, wrangle, row, words - an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"

Translations

bust-up [ˈbʌstʌp] N (= quarrel) → riña f, bronca f; (= break-up) → ruptura f

bust-up

n (inf) → Krach m (inf); they had a bust-up → sie haben Krach gehabt (inf); (= split up) → sie haben sich verkracht (inf)

bust-up [ˈbʌstˌʌp] n (fam) (argument) → lite f
they had a bust-up → hanno rotto