From Middle English busten, a variant of bursten, bresten (“to burst”). Compare Low German basten, a variant of barsten (“to burst”). Cognate with burst and bost.
Meanings
(not-comparable, slang) Without any money, broke, bankrupt.
After months of financial problems, the company finally went bust.
From Middle English busten, a variant of bursten, bresten (“to burst”). Compare Low German basten, a variant of barsten (“to burst”). Cognate with burst and bost.
Meanings
(slang) The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
a narcotics bust
(slang) A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
(slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.
(slang) A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
(slang) A disappointment.
Paris was a bust. They wouldn't even let us see the Mona Lisa. 2014 November 2, “Opposites A-Frack”, in The Simpsons, season 26, episode 5:
(derogatory) A player who fails to meet expectations.
The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
(dated, slang) A spree, unrestrained revel, or wild party.
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From Middle English busten, a variant of bursten, bresten (“to burst”). Compare Low German basten, a variant of barsten (“to burst”). Cognate with burst and bost.
Meanings
(US, colloquial, transitive) To break.
I busted my cooker while trying to fix it.
(slang, transitive) To arrest (someone or a group of people) for a crime.
Aaron got busted by the feds for leaking confidential government documents on Reddit.
(slang, transitive) 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.
(slang, transitive) To debunk, dispel (a belief).
We want to bust the myth that real men don't eat quiche.
An emphatic synonym of do or get.
He busted huge air off that jump!
(US, informal) To reduce in rank.
He busted him down to patrolman for insubordination.
If Steinkamp doesn't take off that hat and stop messing around, I'm gonna bust him into a PFC. 1962, The Manchurian Candidate, 01:56:35
(transitive) 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.
(slang, transitive) To break in (an animal).
A few weeks later, Richard was killed accidentally while busting a wild mustang […] 1997, Charles Oswald, Gone with the Western Wind:
(slang, transitive) To have sex with (a woman or girl) for the first time, to take another's virginity.
Smith hears Nancy's protests - "Don't ... no, please don't." - when Hicock menaces her with "You ever had a man?" Finding Hicock rubbing her thigh as she whimpers in fear, Smith confronts him about his intentions, and Hicock says, "First, I'm going to bust that little girl." Smith tells him no, but Hicock replies, "What do you care? You can bust her too." 2014, Tison Pugh, Truman Capote: A Literary Life at the Movies, page 127:
(intransitive, slang, vulgar) To ejaculate; to eject semen or to squirt.
After ten times we fucked, I think I bust twice
He was nice, kept my neck filled with ice 1996, Lil' Kim, “Not Tonight”:
I busted a fat one just wackin' it to the selfie she sent me.
(intransitive) For a headline to exceed the amount of space reserved for it.
The temptation to squeeze in a favourite headline that busts by using the flexibility of new technology is often very strong. 1990, Paul Williams, The Computerized Newspaper: A Practical Guide for Systems Users, page 105:
If your headline busts (breaks the confines of the layout) you will know straightaway. Similarly, the computer will inform you, in terms of the number of lines, how much longer or shorter the copy is in relation to the space allotted. 2007, Rob Steen, Sports Journalism: A Multimedia Primer, page 167:
(slang) To refute an established opening.
So is the King's Gambit really busted? 2012 April 2, Frederic Friedel, “Rajlich: Busting the King's Gambit, this time for sure”, in ChessBase:
(qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang, transitive) To shoot (a gun).
He busted his glock.
(intransitive, qualifier:African-American Vernacular, slang) To attack, hit or insult (someone).
es partir (to break something) · af breek (to break something) · de zerstören (to break something) · uk заско́чити ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) · ca enxampar ((slang) to arrest for a crime) · de erwischen ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) · de bersten (alteration of ) · ca destrossar (to break something) · sv haffa ((slang) to arrest for a crime) · de einlochen ((slang) to arrest for a crime) · it attaccare ((slang) to arrest for a crime) · es trincar ((slang) to arrest for a crime) · it far scoppiare (alteration of ) · fr attraper ((slang) to arrest for a crime) · it sfasciare (to break something) · hu kipukkad (alteration of ) · es reventar (alteration of ) · fr bouziller (to break something) · ca esbotzar (to break something) · hu lefokoz ((US) to reduce in rank) · fi pidättää ((slang) to arrest for a crime) · es cazar ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) · sv arrestera ((slang) to arrest for a crime) · fr pincer ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) · bg арестувам ((slang) to arrest for a crime) · ca rebentar (to break something) · hu eltör (to break something) · sv ertappa ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) · ru засту́кать ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) · fi rikkoa (to break something) · nl barsten (alteration of ) · hu kipukkaszt (alteration of ) · fr niquer (to break something) · de zerbrechen (to break something) · hu széttör (to break something) · bg разбивам (to break something) · fi narauttaa ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) · es pillar ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) · es reventar (to break something) · ca atrapar ((slang) to arrest for a crime) · bg счупвам (to break something) · fr choper ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) · ca enxampar ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) · fr arrêter ((slang) to arrest for a crime) · de degradieren ((US) to reduce in rank) · nl breken (alteration of ) · fr prendre la main dans le sac ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) · fr éclater (alteration of ) · fr gauler ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) · es ampayar ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) · hu elfog ((slang) to arrest for a crime) · hu lebuktat ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) · it scoppiare (alteration of ) · fr péter (to break something) · nl oppakken ((slang) to arrest for a crime) · hu letartóztat ((slang) to arrest for a crime) · it rompere (to break something) · it sgamare ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) · fr prendre sur le fait ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) · fi käräyttää ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) · de ertappen ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) · nl vatten ((slang) to arrest for a crime) · nl breken (to break something) · it acciuffare ((slang) to arrest for a crime) · nl betrappen ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) · nl bij de lurven pakken ((slang) to arrest for a crime) · af betrap ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal) · ru спали́ть ((slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal)
Etymology tree
Latin būstum
Italian bustobor.
French bustebor.
English bust
Borrowed from French buste, from Italian busto (“torso, upper body”), assumed to stem from Latin bustum (“funeral monument, tomb," originally "funeral pyre, place where corpses are burned”). Perhaps shortened from Latin ambustum, neuter of ambustus (“scorched”), past participle of ambūrō (“burn all over, scorch”), from ambi- (“around”) + ūrō (“to burn”).
Compare Old Norse beysti.
Meanings
A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
A woman's breasts; the circumference of her chest measured around the breasts.
ru бюст (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · pt busto (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · lt biustas (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · nb byste (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · nl buste (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · ru же́нская грудь (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · sh bȉsta (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · cmn 婦女胸部 /妇女胸部 (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · hu mellszobor (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · ko 앞가슴 (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · el προτομή (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · pl biust (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · pt busto (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · ca bust (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · cs poprsí (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · fo barmur (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · it busto (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · nl boezem (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · ga dealbh bhrád (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · fr buste (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · cs poprsí (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · fr buste (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · cs bysta (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · fi rintakuva (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · sh би̏ста (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · ko 흉상 (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · cmn 半身像 (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · nn byste (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · es busto (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · et büst (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · es herma (on an estipite) (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · nl borstbeeld (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · de Busen (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · eo busto (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · ja 乳房 (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · nn byste (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · pdt Bossem (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · cs busta (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · ro bust (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · pl popiersie (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · sv byst (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · ka ბიუსტი (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · fi pysti (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · ga busta (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · ru бюст (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · it busto (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · ja 胸像 (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · fo bringumynd (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · io busto (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · pdt Brost (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · fi povi (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · cmn 胸像 (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · de Büste (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · nb byste (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · el μπούστο (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · ja 半身像 (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · sv byst (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · hy կիսանդրի (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · es busto (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · sk busta (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · bg бюст (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · lv biste (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · da buste (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · tl busto (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · is brjóstmynd (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · ca bust (breasts and upper thorax of a woman) · bg бюст (sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders) · pl biust (breasts and upper thorax of a woman)