bust
See also: büst
English
WOTD – 19 January 2016
Pronunciation
Noun
bust (plural busts)
Derived terms
Translations
sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders
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breasts and upper thorax of a woman
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)
- (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.
- He busted huge air off that jump!
- (US, informal) To reduce in rank.
- He busted him down to patrolman for insubordination.
- 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.
- (poker) To lose all of one's chips.
- (blackjack) To exceed a score of 21.
- (transitive, slang) To break in (an animal).
- 1997, Charles Oswald, Gone with the Western Wind
- A few weeks later, Richard was killed accidentally while busting a wild mustang […]
- 1997, Charles Oswald, Gone with the Western Wind
- (intransitive, slang) To ejaculate; to eject semen.
Synonyms
- (to arrest for a crime): nick
Derived terms
Terms derived from bust (verb)
Translations
alteration of burst
to break something
(slang) to arrest for a crime
(slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal
(snowboarding) An emphatic to do
(US) to reduce in rank
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Noun
bust (plural busts)
- (slang) The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
- a narcotics bust
- (slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.
- (sports, derogatory) A player who fails to meet expectations.
- (chess, informal) A refutation of an opening, or of previously published analysis.
Translations
(slang) act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation
Adjective
bust (not comparable)
Catalan
Further reading
- “bust” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
bust
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of bussen
- (archaic) plural imperative of bussen
Romanian
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