Definition of BUST

bust

Plural: busts

Noun

  • a complete failure
  • the chest of a woman
  • a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
  • an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
    • "they went on a bust that lasted three days"
  • The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
  • A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
  • A failed enterprise; a bomb.
  • A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
  • A disappointment.
  • A player who fails to meet expectations.
  • The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
  • A spree, unrestrained revel, or wild party.
  • A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
  • The circumference of a woman's chest around her breasts.

Verb

Verb Forms: busted, busting, busts

  • To break, burst, or become broken suddenly.
  • ruin completely
    • "He busted my radio!"
  • search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
  • separate or cause to separate abruptly
  • go to pieces
  • break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
  • To break.
  • To arrest (someone or a group of people) 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 state.
  • To debunk, dispel (a belief).
  • An emphatic synonym of do or get.
  • To reduce in rank.
  • To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
  • To lose all of one's chips.
  • To exceed a score of 21.
  • To break in (an animal).
  • To break in (a woman or girl), to deflower
  • To ejaculate; to eject semen or to squirt.
  • For a headline to exceed the amount of space reserved for it.
  • To refute an established opening.
  • To shoot (a gun).
  • To attack, hit or insult (someone).
  • To do or perform; to move quickly.

Adjective Satellite

  • lacking funds

Adj

  • Without any money, broke, bankrupt.

Examples

  • a narcotics bust
  • Aaron got busted by the feds for leaking confidential government documents on Reddit.
  • After months of financial problems, the company finally went bust.
  • Bust a left turn.
  • He busted him down to patrolman for insubordination.
  • He busted his glock.
  • He busted huge air off that jump!
  • He managed to BUST open the game with a seven-letter word on a triple word score.
  • He's always busting on you.
  • I busted a fat one just wackin' it to the selfie she sent me.
  • I busted my cooker while trying to fix it.
  • MythBusters

Origin / Etymology

From a non-rhotic pronunciation of burst, which goes back to Middle English busten, a variant of bursten, bresten (“to burst”). Compare Low German basten, a variant of barsten (“to burst”).

Synonyms

binge, bout, break, broke, burst, fall apart, female chest, fizzle, flop, raid, rupture, skint, snap, stone-broke, stony-broke, tear, wear, wear out, nick

Antonyms

repair

Scrabble Score: 6

bust: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
bust: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bust: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

bust: valid Words With Friends Word