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Adjective
/bəst/,
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busts, plural;
  1. Bankrupt
    • - firms will go bust
Verb
  1. Break, split, or burst (something)
    • - they bust the tunnel wide open
    • - the film busts every box-office record
  2. Come apart or split open
    • - he was laughing fit to bust
  3. Cause to collapse; defeat utterly
    • - he promised to bust the mafia
  4. (esp. of a married couple) Separate, typically after a quarrel

  5. Cause (something) to break up
    • - men hired to bust up union rallies
  6. Strike violently
    • - they wanted to bust me on the mouth
  7. Break out; escape
    • - she busted out of prison
  8. (in blackjack and similar card games) Exceed the score of 21, losing one's stake

  9. Raid or search (premises where illegal activity is suspected)
    • - their house got busted
  10. Arrest
    • - he was busted for drugs
  11. Reduce (a soldier) to a lower rank; demote
    • - he was busted to private
Noun
  1. A period of economic difficulty or depression
    • - the boom was followed by the present bust
  2. A police raid
    • - a drug bust
  3. A worthless thing
    • - as a show it was a bust
  1. break: ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"
  2. broke: lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term"
  3. flop: a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop"
  4. female chest: the chest of a woman
  5. raid: search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"
  6. a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
  7. Bust is a bi-monthly United States-based women's lifestyle magazine. It was founded in 1993 by Debbie Stoller, Laurie Henzel, and Marcelle Karp.
  8. A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human figure, depicting a person's head and neck, as well as a variable portion of the chest and shoulders. The piece is normally supported by a plinth. These forms recreate the likeness of an individual. ...
  9. (Busted (band)) Busted was a British pop rock band which formed in 2000 and broke up in 2005. The band's line-up consisted of James Bourne, Matt Willis and Charlie Simpson. ...
  10. (Busted (film)) Busted is a 1996 comedy film, starring Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Dominick Brascia and Ava Fabian.
  11. (Busted (Joanne)) "Busted" is a song by Joanne, released as the fourth single from her 2001 album Do Not Disturb. It debuted and peaked at No. 36 on the ARIA chart.
  12. (Busted (Ray Charles song)) "Busted" is a song written by Harlan Howard in 1962.
  13. A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders; The breasts and upper thorax of a woman; To break something; To arrest for a crime; 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 ...
  14. (busted) Having a certain type of bust (breasts; cleavage)
  15. (Busted) Having no money or no chips.
  16. (BUSTED) arrested on a drug-related charge
  17. ("Busted.") American army slang meaning that a non-commissioned officer has been reduced by order, or court-martial, the the grade of private.
  18. (Busted) (adj., ugly) Nothing at all to do with being caught at something they're not supposed to be doing. It's a gossipy way of chat room slang for saying someone they see is ugly. Ew, that girl's busted.
  19. (Busted) 12:39 PM Jul 15th via Plume
  20. (Busted) Getting caught taking, holding or selling drugs.
  21. (Busted) Having scored too many points when trying to finish an 01 game
  22. (Busted) If you've no money left and you can't continue playing, you're busted. Similarly, if you're eliminated from a tournament, you're busted or busted out.
  23. (Busted) This is what happens when you are completely broke. Busted is a poker phrase used when a player is left with no more tournament chips to take the game forward. While this usually happens with inexperienced poker players, sometimes an expert may also come across such a situation.
  24. (Busted) This usually refers to a high pocket pair (usually Aces or Kings) getting beaten in a semi-unlikely fashion like two lower pairs.
  25. (Busted) To get arrested.  "Did you hear?  Joe got busted for loitering."