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bust¹ (b

st)

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

a. A woman's bosom.

b. The human chest.

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

bust² (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.

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.]

bust¹

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the chest of a human being, esp a woman's bosom

2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a sculpture of the head, shoulders, and upper chest of a person

[from French buste, from Italian busto a sculpture, of unknown origin]

bust² Informal

vb busts, busting, busted, bust

1. to burst or break

2. to make or become bankrupt

3. (Law) (tr) (of the police) to raid, search, or arrest the girl was busted for drugs

4. (Military) (tr) US and Canadian to demote, esp in military rank

5. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) (tr) US and Canadian to break or tame (a horse, etc.)

6. (tr) Chiefly US to punch; hit

bust a gut See gut [9]

1. (Law) a raid, search, or arrest by the police

2. Chiefly US a punch; hit

3. US and Canadian a failure, esp a financial one; bankruptcy

4. a drunken party

adj

1. broken

2. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Banking & Finance) bankrupt

go bust to become bankrupt

[from a dialect pronunciation of burst]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

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"

bust¹

noun

1. bosom, breasts, chest, front Good posture also helps your bust look bigger.

2. sculpture, carving, head a bronze bust of the Queen

bust² (Informal)

verb

1. break smash, split, crack, burst, snap, shatter, fracture, splinter, rupture, break into fragments They will have to bust the door to get him out.

2. arrest, catch, lift (slang), raid, cop (slang), nail (informal), collar (informal), nab (informal), feel your collar (slang) They were busted for possession of cannabis.

noun

arrest, capture, raid, cop (slang) He was imprisoned after a drug bust.

go bust go bankrupt, fail, go under, break, be ruined, be wound up, go to the wall, be liquidated, go into receivership, go into liquidation, become insolvent, cease trading Hundreds of restaurants went bust last year.

Translations

bust¹ [bʌst]

A. N

1. (Art) → busto m

2. (= bosom) → pecho m

B. CPD bust measurement N → talla f de pecho

bust² [bʌst]

A. ADJ

1. (= broken) → estropeado, escacharrado(Sp)

2. (= bankrupt) to go bust [business] → quebrar, irse a pique; [person] → arruinarse

B. N

1. (Police) (= raid) → redada f

2. (US) (= failure) → pifia f

C. VT

1. (= break) → destrozar, escacharrar(Sp)
to bust a gut → echar los bofes
to bust one's ass (US) → ir de culo

2. (Police) (= arrest) → agarrar, trincar(Sp) ; (= raid) → hacer una redada en
the police busted him for drugs → la policía lo agarró por cuestión de drogas, la policía lo trincó por cuestión de drogas(Sp)
the police busted the place → la policía hizo una redada en el local

3. (esp US) (= demote) [+ police officer] → degradar

D. VI → romperse, estropearse
New York or bust! → ¡o Nueva York o nada!

bust up

A. VT + ADV [+ marriage, friendship] → romper

B. VI + ADV [friends] → reñir, pelearse
to bust up with sb (= quarrel) → reñir or pelearse con algn; (= break up) → romper con algn

bust [ˈbʌst]

[woman] → poitrine f

(= sculpture) → buste m

(= seizure) → saisie f
a drugs bust → une saisie de drogue

adj

(= broken) → fichu(e)

adv
to go bust → faire faillite

(= break) → casser

(= arrest) → pincer
bus ticket n → ticket m de bus

bust¹

n → Büste f; (Anat also) → Busen m; bust measurement → Brustumfang m, → Oberweite f

bust² vb: pret, ptp <bust> (inf)

adj

(= broken) → kaputt (inf)

(= bankrupt) → pleite (inf)

adv (= bankrupt) to go bust → pleitegehen or Pleite machen (inf)

n (US: = failure) → Pleite f (inf)

(= break) → kaputt machen (inf); to bust something open → etw aufbrechen; to bust a gut → sich (dat) → den Arsch aufreißen (sl); he just about bust a gut doing it → er hat sich (dat) → dabei fast einen abgebrochen (inf); don’t bust my chops! (US: expressing annoyance and disbelief) → na, na, na! (inf), → jetzt hör aber auf! (inf)

(= catch, convict) → hinter Schloss und Riegel bringen; drugs ring, syndicate → auffliegen lassen (inf); he got busted for driving without a license (US) → er ist ohne Führerschein erwischt worden

(US Mil: = demote) → degradieren (to zu)

vi (= break) → kaputtgehen (inf)

bust¹ [bʌst] n (bosom) → petto, seno (Art) → busto

bust up vt + adv (fam) → sfasciare

bust¹ [bʌst] n (bosom) → petto, seno (Art) → busto

bust up vt + adv (fam) → sfasciare

bust² [bʌst] (fam)

1. adj (broken) → rotto/a, scassato/a
to go bust (bankrupt) → fallire, fare fallimento

2. vt

a. = burst 2

b. (Police) (arrest) → pizzicare, beccare; (raid) → fare irruzione in

c. (break) → scassare

bust² [bʌst] (fam)

1. adj (broken) → rotto/a, scassato/a
to go bust (bankrupt) → fallire, fare fallimento

2. vt

a. = burst 2

b. (Police) (arrest) → pizzicare, beccare; (raid) → fare irruzione in

c. (break) → scassare

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 女人的胸部 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(半身像) 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

bust²

v bust [bast]

(slang)

1 to arrest someone Two drug dealers were busted in a police raid. vang, arresteer يَعْتَقِل، يُلْقي القَبْضَ على арестувам zašít, zatknout knalde; anholde eingebuchtet συλλαμβάνω (λαϊκ.) pescar, trincar kinni võtma بازداشت کردن pidättää arrêter לַעֲצוֹר गिरफ्तार करना uhapsiti lebuktat vkit menangkap 逮捕する 체포하다 susemti apcietināt, arestēt menangkap arresteren, oppakken arrestere (for å ha narkotika på seg) przymknąć арестовать dolapiť, zatknúť a uväzniť aretirati uhapsiti haffa, sätta dit จับกุม tutuklamak 逮捕 арештувати گرفتار کرنا حراست میں لینا ập vào bắt giữ 逮捕

2 to break something The firemen busted the door. breek, ruïneer يَكْسِرُ ، يُحَطِّمُ счупвам rozbít sprænge eintreten, einschlagen ανοίγω, σπάζω (λαϊκ.) romper lõhkuma شکستن rikkoa briser לִשְבּוֹר कोई चीज तोड़ना razbiti betör (ajtót stb.) mendobrak rompere こわす 망가뜨리다 išlaužti uzlauzt memecahkan breken, inslaan knuse, slå i stykker wyważyć, rozwalić взломать, разбить rozbiť razbiti razvaliti bryta upp, slå in พัง kırmak 打破 зламати توڑنا đập vỡ 撞破

get busted

be arrested They got busted while selling the drugs. word gevang/gearresteer يُعتقَـل бивам арестуван být zatknut blive knaldet; blive anholdt eintreten, einschlagen συλλαμβάνομαι (λαϊκ.) ser arrestado kinni võetud saama دستگیر شدن joutua pidätetyksi se faire arrêter לְהֶעֲצֵר गिरफ्तार होना biti uhapšen meg-, lebukik ditangkap essere arrestato 逮捕される 체포된 būti susemtam tikt apcietinātam, arestētam ditangkap gearresteerd worden, opgepakt worden bli arrestert (med narkotika) zostać przymkniętym быть арестованным byť zatknutý biti aretiran biti uhvaćen bli haffad, åka dit ถูกจับ tutuklanmak 被捕 потрапити у в'язницю گرفتار ہونا ، پکڑے جانا bị bắt 被捕

bust³

adj bust [bast]

(slang) broken; not working The zip is bust; Try that phone. This one is bust. stukkende مُفْلِس счупен rozbitý gået i stykker; virker ikke kaput χαλασμένος, που δε λειτουργεί roto katki خراب rikkoutunut foutu שָׁבוּר टूटा slomljen tönkrement, bedöglött rusak rotto こわれた 부서진 sugedęs čupā (par mehānismu) rosak kapot i stykker zepsuty сломанный pokazený pokvarjen pokvaren trasig, sönder เสีย bozuk （俚）破掉了，壞了 зламаний خراب ہونا ، کام نہ کرنا hư hỏng （俚）破裂

go bust

become bankrupt When the project failed the company went bust. bankrot يُفلس разорявам се zkrachovat gå fallit; gå konkurs Bankrott machen χρεοκοπώ quebrar pankrotti minema ورشکست شدن joutua konkurssiin faire faillite לִפְשוֹט רֶגֶל दीवालिया होना bankrotirati csődbe megy bangkrut fallire, andare in rovina 破産する 파산하다 subankrutuoti bankrotēt; palikt bez graša kabatā jatuh muflis failliet gaan gå konkurs splajtować обанкротиться skrachovať, prísť na mizinu bankrotirati bankrotirati göra (gå i) konkurs ล้มละลาย batmak, iflâs etmek 破產 збанкрутувати دیوالیہ ہونا، قلاش ہونا phá sản 破产

bust → صَدْر poprsí razzia Büste μπούστο busto povi buste poprsje busto バスト 여성의 가슴 boezem byste biust busto бюст byst หน้าอก นม göğüs ngực phụ nữ 胸围

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