Pronunciations (3)
-
/bʌst/
Pronunciation notes
- Canada
- General-American
- Received-Pronunciation
-
/bʊst/
Pronunciation notes
- Northern-England
-
/bɐst/
Pronunciation notes
- Australia
- New-Zealand
Verb
To break.
Usage- US usage
- Colloquial
- Transitive
- Examples
-
I busted my cooker while trying to fix it.
To arrest (someone or a group of people) for a crime.
Usage- Slang
- Transitive
- Synonyms
- Examples
-
Aaron got busted by the feds for leaking confidential government documents on Reddit.
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.
Usage- Slang
- Transitive
To debunk, dispel (a belief).
Usage- Slang
- Transitive
- Examples
-
We want to bust the myth that real men don't eat quiche.
An emphatic synonym of do or get.
- Examples
-
He busted huge air off that jump!
To reduce in rank.
Usage- US usage
- Informal
- Examples
-
He busted him down to patrolman for insubordination.
If Steinkamp doesn't take off that hat and stop messing around, I'm gonna bust him into a PFC.
To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
Usage- Transitive
To lose all of one's chips.
To exceed a score of 21.
To break in (an animal).
Usage- Slang
- Transitive
- Examples
-
A few weeks later, Richard was killed accidentally while busting a wild mustang […]
To have sex with (a woman or girl) for the first time, to take another's virginity.
Usage- Slang
- Transitive
- Examples
-
More examples (1)
Smith hears Nancy's protests - "Don't ... no, please don't." - when Hicock menaces her with "You ever had a man?" Finding Hicock rubbing her thigh as she whimpers in fear, Smith confronts him about his intentions, and Hicock says, "First, I'm going to bust that little girl." Smith tells him no, but Hicock replies, "What do you care? You can bust her too."
To ejaculate; to eject semen or to squirt.
Usage- Intransitive
- Slang
- Vulgar
- Examples
-
I busted a fat one just wackin' it to the selfie she sent me.
After ten times we fucked, I think I bust twice He was nice, kept my neck filled with ice
For a headline to exceed the amount of space reserved for it.
Usage- Intransitive
- Examples
-
The temptation to squeeze in a favourite headline that busts by using the flexibility of new technology is often very strong.
More examples (1)
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.
To refute an established opening.
Usage- Slang
- Examples
-
So is the King's Gambit really busted?
To shoot (a gun).
Usage- Slang
- Transitive
- Examples
-
He busted his glock.
To attack, hit or insult (someone).
Usage- Intransitive
- Slang
- Examples
-
He's always busting on you.
To do or perform; to move quickly.
Usage- Slang
- Examples
-
Bust a left turn.
Noun
The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
Usage- Slang
- Examples
-
a narcotics bust
A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
Usage- Slang
A failed enterprise; a bomb.
Usage- Slang
A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
Usage- Slang
A disappointment.
Usage- Slang
- Examples
-
Paris was a bust. They wouldn't even let us see the Mona Lisa.
A player who fails to meet expectations.
Usage- Derogatory
The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
A spree, unrestrained revel, or wild party.
Usage- Dated
- Slang
Adjective
Without any money, broke, bankrupt.
Usage- not-comparable
- Slang
- Examples
-
After months of financial problems, the company finally went bust.
Noun
A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
A woman's breasts; the circumference of her chest measured around the breasts.
Adjective
lacking funds
- Synonyms
- Examples
-
‘skint’ is a British slang term
Noun
a complete failure
- Broader terms
- Examples
-
the play was a dismal flop
the chest of a woman
- Synonyms
a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
- Broader terms
an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
- Examples
-
they went on a bust that lasted three days
Verb
ruin completely
- Synonyms
- Examples
-
He busted my radio!
search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
- Synonyms
- Examples
-
The police raided the crack house
separate or cause to separate abruptly
- Examples
-
The rope snapped
tear the paper
go to pieces
- Synonyms
- Broader terms
- Examples
-
The lawn mower finally broke
The gears wore out
More examples (1)
The old chair finally fell apart completely
break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
- Synonyms
- Broader terms
- Examples
-
The dam burst