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bust

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noun (1)

ˈbəst How to pronounce bust (audio)
1
art : a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast
has a bust of Abraham Lincoln in his office
2
: the upper part of the human torso between neck and waist
especially : the breasts of a woman
her bust size

bust

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verb

busted also bust; busting

transitive verb

1
a
: to break or smash especially with force
bust a window
also : to make inoperative
busted my watch
b
: to bring an end to : break up
helped bust trusts Newsweek
—often used with up
better not try to bust up his happy marriage — Forbes
c
: to ruin financially
the game of cheaters, which has busted more men than blackjack Arthur Mayse
d
: exhaust, wear out
—used in phrases like bust one's butt to describe making a strenuous effort
e
: to tease or give a hard time to
—often used in phrases like bust one's chops
I'm just busting your chops.
2
: tame
bronco busting
3
: demote
busted them to the bottom of the seniority list Time
4
slang
a
: arrest
busted for carrying guns Saul Gottlieb
b
: raid
busted the apartment
5
: hit, slug
felt like busting him in the face
6
informal : to execute or perform (a difficult, elaborate, or acrobatic movement, as when dancing)
bust a dance move
Hot Hot Heat's jittery, caffeinated rhythms and disco grooves are helping persuade punk kids to bust a move … Christian Hoard

intransitive verb

1
: to go broke
2
a
: burst
laughing fit to bust
b
: break down
Her camera busted.
3
a
card games : to lose at cards by exceeding a limit (such as the count of 21 in blackjack)
b
poker : to fail to complete a straight (see straight entry 4 sense 3) or flush

bust

3 of 4

noun (2)

1
a
: spree
b
: a hearty drinking session
a beer bust
2
a
: a complete failure : flop
b
economics : a business depression (see depression sense 2)
boom and bust
3
: punch, sock
a good bust on the nose J. T. Farrell
4
law enforcement, slang
a
: a police raid (see raid entry 1 sense 2b)
b
: arrest sense 1
made a couple of drug busts

bust

4 of 4

adjective

variants or busted
ˈbə-stəd How to pronounce bust (audio)
economics : bankrupt, broke
go bust

Synonyms

Verb

Noun (2)

Example Sentences

Verb He busted his watch when he fell. I think the camera is busted. Police busted 12 gang members on weapons charges. She got busted for drug possession. Two students got busted by the teacher for smoking in the bathroom.

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

borrowed from French & Italian; French buste "part of the torso above the waist," going back to Middle French, borrowed from Italian busto "tree trunk" (15th-century Upper Italian), "part of the torso above the waist, corset, sculpture or painting representing the head and upper body," going back to Vulgar Latin *būstis "trunk," perhaps alteration of Latin fūstis "stick, rod, cudgel" by crossing with a Celtic word of like meaning

Note: Outcomes of *būstis in Italy with the meaning "trunk" are attested in Upper Italian and to a limited degree in the south (see Lessico etimologico italiano); outside of Italy compare Old Occitan bustz "torso," Romansh (Engadine) büst, (Surselvan [dialect of the upper Rhine]) best "tree trunk, torso, body, bodice," Romanian buşteán "tree trunk." The traditional etymology of Italian busto connects it with classical Latin bustum "funeral pyre, burial mound" but the improbable notion of a transfer in sense from "burial mound" to "representation of the upper body" is not supported by the Romance evidence, which shows a clear progression "tree trunk" > "trunk of the body."

Verb

variant of burst entry 1 with assimilatory loss of /r/ before /s/

Note: See note at hoss

Noun (2)

derivative of bust entry 2

Adjective

from predicative use of bust entry 3

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1645, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1639, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2

Noun (2)

1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1b

Adjective

1836, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bust was in 1639

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