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bust
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?st/
- Rhymes: -?st
- Homophones: bussed, bused
Etymology 1
From French buste < Italian busto, from Latin b?stum.
Noun
bust (plural busts)
- A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
- The breasts and upper thorax of a woman.
- (economics) The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
- (slang) A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
- (slang) A disappointment.
Derived terms
- bust improver
- busty
- overbust
- underbust
Translations
Etymology 2
From a variant of burst. Compare German Low German basten and barsten (“to burst”).
Verb
bust (third-person singular simple present busts, present participle busting, simple past and past participle busted or bust)
- (transitive, colloquial, chiefly US) To break.
- I busted my cooker while trying to fix it.
- (transitive, slang) To arrest (someone) for a crime.
- (transitive, slang) 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.
- (snowboarding) An emphatic synonym of do or get.
- (US, informal) To reduce in rank.
- 1962, The Manchurian Candidate, 01:56:35
- If Steinkamp doesn't take off that hat and stop messing around, I'm gonna bust him into a PFC.
- 1962, The Manchurian Candidate, 01:56:35
- (finance, transitive) To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
- (poker) To lose all of one's chips.
- (blackjack) To exceed a score of 21.
- (transitive, slang) To break in (an animal).
- (intransitive, slang) To ejaculate; to eject semen.
- (journalism, intransitive) For a headline to exceed the amount of space reserved for it.
- 1990, Paul Williams, The Computerized Newspaper: A Practical Guide for Systems Users (page 105)
- The temptation to squeeze in a favourite headline that busts by using the flexibility of new technology is often very strong.
- 2007, Rob Steen, Sports Journalism: A Multimedia Primer (page 167)
- If your headline busts (breaks the confines of the layout) you will know straightaway. Similarly, the computer will inform you, in terms of the number of lines, how much longer or shorter the copy is in relation to the space allotted.
- 1990, Paul Williams, The Computerized Newspaper: A Practical Guide for Systems Users (page 105)
Synonyms
- (to arrest for a crime): nick
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
bust (plural busts)
- (slang) The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
- (slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.
- (chess, informal) A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
- (sports, derogatory) A player who fails to meet expectations.
Derived terms
- or bust
Translations
Adjective
bust (not comparable)
- (slang) Without any money, broke, bankrupt.
- After months of financial problems, the company finally went bust.
Derived terms
- bust up/bust-up
- busted (adjective)
- buster
Anagrams
- BTUs, TBUs, but's, buts, stub, tubs
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin b?stum.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?bust/
Noun
bust m (plural busts or bustos)
- bust (sculpture)
- bust (breasts and upper thorax)
Further reading
- “bust” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
bust
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of bussen
- (archaic) plural imperative of bussen
Romanian
Etymology
From French buste.
Noun
bust n (plural busturi)
- bust (sculpture)
Declension
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bustline
English
Etymology
bust +? line
Noun
bustline (plural bustlines)
- A notional line around a woman's bust.
- The circumference of this line.
Anagrams
- betulins, line tubs
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