bust

Meaning of bust

noun
  1. A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
  2. The breasts and upper thorax of a woman.
  3. The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
  4. A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
  5. A disappointment.
noun
  1. The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
    a narcotics bust
  2. A failed enterprise; a bomb.
  3. A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
  4. A player who fails to meet expectations.
verb
  1. To break.
    I busted my cooker while trying to fix it.
  2. To arrest (someone) for a crime.
  3. 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.
  4. An emphatic synonym of do or get.
    He busted huge air off that jump!
  5. To reduce in rank.
    He busted him down to patrolman for insubordination.
  6. To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
  7. To lose all of one's chips.
  8. To exceed a score of 21.
  9. To break in (an animal).
  10. To ejaculate; to eject semen.
adjective
  1. Without any money, broke, bankrupt.
    After months of financial problems, the company finally went bust.

Information about bust

  • The plural form of bust is: busts.
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Hyphenation of bust

bust

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • bust is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

bust synonyms

Meaning broke:

broke, skint

Meaning flop:

flop, fizzle

Meaning tear:

tear, binge, bout, rupture, snap

Meaning break:

break, wear

Meaning raid:

raid

Meaning burst:

burst

Meaning :

nick

Translation of bust

Anagrams of bust

BTUs, buts, stub, tubs

Words that rhyme with bust

Bust, combust, semicombust, bandobust, bundobust, robust, unrobust, arbust

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