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Bust - definition of bust by The Free Dictionary Bust - definition of bust by The Free Dictionary https://www.thefreedictionary.com/bust Printer Friendly bust Also found in: Thesaurus , Medical , Legal , Financial , Acronyms , Idioms , Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . Related to bust: go bust bust 1 (bŭst) n. 1. A sculpture representing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest. 2. a. A woman's breasts. b. The human chest. [French buste , from Italian busto , possibly from Latin bustum , sepulchral monument .] bust 2 (bŭst) v. bust·ed , bust·ing , busts v. tr. 1. Informal a. To smash or break, especially forcefully: "Mr. Luger worked it with a rake, busting up the big clods, making a flat brown table" (Garrison Keillor). b. To render inoperable or unusable: busted the vending machine by putting in foreign coins. 2. To cause to come to an end; break up: an attempt to bust the union. 3. To break or tame (a horse). 4. To cause to become bankrupt or short of money: "Unwatched overhead could bust us in a year's time" (Louis Auchincloss). 5. Informal a. To place under arrest. b. To make a police raid on. 6. Slang To reduce in rank; demote. 7. Slang To hit; punch. v. intr. 1. Slang a. To undergo breakage; become broken. b. To burst; break: "Several companies have threatened to bust out of their high-wage contracts by the dubious technique of declaring bankruptcy" (Washington Post). 2. To become bankrupt or short of money. 3. Games To lose at blackjack by exceeding a score of 21. n. 1. A failure; a flop: "The home-style bean curd is a bust, oily and rubbery" (Mark and Gail Barnett). 2. A time or period of widespread financial depression: "Bankers consider the region's diversified economy to be good protection against a possible real estate bust" (American Banker). 3. Slang A punch; a blow. 4. Informal A spree: a fraternity beer bust. 5. Informal a. An arrest. b. A raid. Idioms: bust a nut Vulgar Slang To have an orgasm. bust (one's) ass /balls /butt Vulgar Slang To make a strenuous effort; work very hard. bust (someone's) balls /chops 1. Vulgar Slang To make extreme or unreasonable demands of someone. 2. To harass or scold someone. go bust To go bankrupt. [Variant of burst .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. bust ( bʌst ) n 1. (Anatomy) the chest of a human being, esp a woman's bosom 2. (Art Terms) a sculpture of the head, shoulders, and upper chest of a person [C17: from French buste , from Italian busto a sculpture, of unknown origin] bust ( bʌst ) vb , busts , busting , busted or bust 1. to burst or break 2. to make or become bankrupt 3. (Law) ( tr ) (of the police) to raid, search, or arrest: the girl was busted for drugs . 4. (Military) ( tr ) US and Canadian to demote, esp in military rank 5. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) ( tr ) US and Canadian to break or tame (a horse, etc) 6. ( tr ) chiefly US to punch; hit 7. bust a gut See gut 9 n 8. (Law) a raid, search, or arrest by the police 9. chiefly US a punch; hit 10. US and Canadian a failure, esp a financial one; bankruptcy 11. a drunken party adj 12. broken 13. (Banking & Finance) bankrupt 14. go bust to become bankrupt [C19: from a dialect pronunciation of burst] Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014 bust 1 (bʌst) n. 1. a representation of the upper part of the human figure, esp. the head and shoulders. 2. the chest or breast, esp. a woman's bosom. [1685–95; < French buste < Italian busto ] bust 2 (bʌst) v.i. Informal. 1. to burst. 2. to break or separate; split (usu. fol. by up ). 3. to go bankrupt. 4. to collapse from the strain of making a supreme effort. v.t. 5. Informal. a. to burst. b. to bankrupt; ruin financially. 6. to demote, esp. in military rank. 7. to tame; break: to bust a bronco. 8. Slang. a. to place under arrest. b. to subject to a police raid. 9. Informal. a. to hit. b. to break: I fell and busted my arm. 10. to damage or destroy (usu. fol. by up ). n. 11. a failure. 12. Informal. a hit; sock; punch. 13. a sudden economic decline; depression. 14. Slang. a. an arrest. b. a police raid. 15. Informal. a drinking spree; binge. adj. 16. Informal. bankrupt; broke. [1755–65; variant of burst , by loss of r before s , as in ass 2 , bass 2 , passel , etc.] usage: Historically bust is derived from a dialect pronunciation of burst and is related to it much as cuss is related to curse. As both noun and verb bust has a wide range of meanings. A few, as “a decline in economic conditions, depression,” are standard. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. breast – bust – bosom 1. 'breast' A woman's breasts are the two soft, round pieces of flesh on her chest that can produce milk to feed a baby. ...a beggar girl with a baby at her breast . ...women with small breasts . 2. 'bust' A woman's breasts can be referred to as her bust, especially when you are talking about their size. Note that bust refers to both breasts together. You do not talk about a woman's 'busts'. She has a very large bust . Bust is also used to talk about the measurement around the top part of a woman's body at the level of her breasts. ' Bust 34' means that the garment is a size 12. 3. 'bosom' A woman's breasts can also be referred to as her bosom /'bʊzəm/. This is an old-fashioned or literary word. ...hugging the cat to her bosom . bust Bust can be a verb, an adjective, or a noun. The past tense and past participle of the verb is either bust or busted. 1. used as a verb If you bust something, you break or damage it so badly that it cannot be used. Note that you only use bust with this meaning in conversation. You do not use it in formal writing. She found out about Jack busting the double-bass. In informal English, if someone is busted, the police arrest them. They were busted for possession of cannabis. 2. used as an adjective In conversation, if you say that something is bust, you mean that it is broken or very badly damaged. That clock's been bust for weeks. Note that in American English, the adjective is busted not 'bust'. There he found a small writing table with a busted leg. If a company goes bust, it loses so much money that it is forced to close down. You do not use this expression in formal English. The company almost went bust in February. 3. used as a noun A woman's bust is her breasts. See breast - bust - bosom Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012 bust Past participle: bust Gerund: busting Imperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Imperative bust bust Present I bust you bust he/she/it busts we bust you bust they bust Preterite I busted you busted he/she/it busted we busted you busted they busted Present Continuous I am busting you are busting he/she/it is busting we are busting you are busting they are busting Present Perfect I have bust you have bust he/she/it has bust we have bust you have bust they have bust Past Continuous I was busting you were busting he/she/it was busting we were busting you were busting they were busting Past Perfect I had bust you had bust he/she/it had bust we had bust you had bust they had bust Future I will bust you will bust he/she/it will bust we will bust you will bust they will bust Future Perfect I will have bust you will have bust he/she/it will have bust we will have bust you will have bust they will have bust Future Continuous I will be busting you will be busting he/she/it will be busting we will be busting you will be busting they will be busting Present Perfect Continuous I have been busting you have been busting he/she/it has been busting we have been busting you have been busting they have been busting Future Perfect Continuous I will have been busting you will have been busting he/she/it will have been busting we will have been busting you will have been busting they will have been busting Past Perfect Continuous I had been busting you had been busting he/she/it had been busting we had been busting you had been busting they had been busting Conditional I would bust you would bust he/she/it would bust we would bust you would bust they would bust Past Conditional I would have bust you would have bust he/she/it would have bust we would have bust you would have bust they would have bust Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011 bust 1. A sculpture of the upper part of the human body. 2. To score more points than needed to win. The player forfeits the rest of his or her turn and the points thus scored. Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited Thesaurus Antonyms Related Words Synonyms Legend: Switch to new thesaurus Noun 1. bust - a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop" fizzle , flop failure - an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose; "the surprise party was a complete failure" bomb , dud , turkey - an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned" 2. bust - the chest of a woman female chest female body - the body of a female human being chest , pectus , thorax - the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates 3. bust - a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person sculpture - a three-dimensional work of plastic art 4. bust - an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days" binge , tear ,