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bust
1[ buhst ]
noun
- a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, especially a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
- the chest or breast, especially a woman's bosom.
bust
2[ buhst ]
verb (used without object)
- Informal.
- to burst.
- to go bankrupt.
- to collapse from the strain of making a supreme effort:
She was determined to make straight A's or bust.
- Cards.
- Draw Poker. to fail to make a flush or straight by one card.
- Blackjack. to draw cards exceeding the count of 21.
verb (used with object)
- Informal.
- to burst.
- to bankrupt; ruin financially.
- to demote, especially in military rank or grade:
He was busted from sergeant to private three times.
- to tame; break:
to bust a bronco.
- Slang.
- to place under arrest:
The gang was busted and put away on narcotics charges.
- to subject to a police raid:
The bar has been busted three times for selling drinks to minors.
- Informal.
- to hit.
- to break; fracture:
She fell and busted her arm.
noun
- a failure.
He got a bust in the nose before he could put up his hands.
- a sudden decline in the economic conditions of a country, marked by an extreme drop in stock-market prices, business activity, and employment; depression.
- Slang.
- an arrest.
- a police raid.
- Informal. a drinking spree; binge.
- Cards.
- a very weak hand.
- Bridge. a hand lacking the potential to take a single trick.
verb phrase
- Informal.
- to break up; separate:
Sam and his wife busted up a year ago.
- to damage or destroy:
Soldiers got in a fight and busted up the bar.
bust
1/ bʌst /
noun
- the chest of a human being, esp a woman's bosom
- a sculpture of the head, shoulders, and upper chest of a person
bust
2/ bʌst /
verb
- to burst or break
- to make or become bankrupt
- tr (of the police) to raid, search, or arrest
the girl was busted for drugs
- tr to demote, esp in military rank
- tr to break or tame (a horse, etc)
- tr to punch; hit
- bust a gutSee gut
noun
- a raid, search, or arrest by the police
- a punch; hit
- a failure, esp a financial one; bankruptcy
- a drunken party
adjective
- broken
- bankrupt
- go bustto become bankrupt
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Idioms and Phrases
- bust ass, Slang: Vulgar. to fight with the fists; strike or thrash another.
- bust on, Slang.
- to attack physically; beat up.
- to criticize or reprimand harshly.
- to make fun of or laugh at; mock.
- to inform on.
- bust one's ass, Slang: Vulgar. to make an extreme effort; exert oneself.
More idioms and phrases containing bust
- break (bust) one's ass
- go broke (bust)
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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