different between bust vs kaput

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)

1. A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
2. The breasts and upper thorax of a woman.
3. (economics) The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
4. (slang) A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
5. (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)

1. (transitive, colloquial, chiefly US) To break.

   I busted my cooker while trying to fix it.

2. (transitive, slang) To arrest (someone) for a crime.
3. (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.
4. (snowboarding) An emphatic synonym of do or get.

5. (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.

6. (finance, transitive) To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
7. (poker) To lose all of one's chips.
8. (blackjack) To exceed a score of 21.
9. (transitive, slang) To break in (an animal).
10. (intransitive, slang) To ejaculate; to eject semen.
11. (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.

Synonyms

• (to arrest for a crime): nick

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

bust (plural busts)

1. (slang) The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.

2. (slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.
3. (chess, informal) A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
4. (sports, derogatory) A player who fails to meet expectations.

Derived terms

• or bust

Translations

Adjective

bust (not comparable)

1. (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)

1. bust (sculpture)
2. bust (breasts and upper thorax)

Further reading

• “bust” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

bust

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of bussen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of bussen

Romanian

Etymology

From French buste.

Noun

bust n (plural busturi)

1. bust (sculpture)

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• kaputt

Etymology

From German kaputt (“broken, out of order”), from French capot (“to be without a trick in the card game Piquet”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??p?t/, /k??pu?t/

Adjective

kaput (not comparable)

1. (informal) Out of order; not working.

   Synonyms: broken; see also Thesaurus:out of order

Derived terms

• kapoof
• kaputness

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From German kaputt (“broken, out of order”), from French capot (“to be without a trick in the card game Piquet”)

Adjective

kaput (neuter kaput, plural and definite singular attributive kaput)

1. broken, dysfunctional

References

• “kaput” in Den Danske Ordbog

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?put/, [?k?put?]
• Rhymes: -?put
• Syllabification: ka?put

Adjective

kaput

1. (colloquial) kaput

Declension

Indeclinable.

Anagrams

• kupat, putka

Hungarian

Etymology

kapu +? -t

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?k?put]
• Hyphenation: ka?put

Noun

kaput

1. accusative singular of kapu

Kavalan

Noun

kaput

1. friend

Synonyms

• luksan

Polish

Etymology

From German kaputt, from French être capot, from Old French capote, from cape, from Late Latin cappa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?put/

Interjection

kaput

1. kaput!

Usage notes

Used only in a predicative position.

Further reading

• kaput in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• kaput in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sakizaya

Noun

kaput

1. companion; mate; partner

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian cappotto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?pu?t/
• Hyphenation: ka?put

Noun

kàp?t m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. coat

Declension

See also

• mantil

Sundanese

Verb

kaput

1. to sew