bust

Definitions of bust in various dictionaries:

noun - a complete failure

noun - the chest of a woman

noun - a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person

noun - an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

verb - ruin completely

verb - search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on

verb - separate or cause to separate abruptly

verb - go to pieces

verb - break open or apart suddenly and forcefully

adj - lacking funds

A sculpture representing a person’s head, shoulders, and upper chest.

A woman’s bosom.

The human chest.

Slang.

To smash or break, especially forcefully: “Mr.

To render inoperable or unusable: busted the vending machine by putting in foreign coins.

To cause to come to an end; break up: an attempt to bust the union.

To break or tame (a horse).

To cause to become bankrupt or short of money: “Too often, the promise of a high-tech design leads to a weapon that busts the budget” (Business Week).

To reduce in rank.

To hit; punch.

Slang.

To place under arrest.

To make a raid on.

Slang.

To undergo breakage; become broken.

To burst; break: “Several companies have threatened to bust out of their high-wage contracts by the dubious technique of declaring bankruptcy” (Washington Post).

To become bankrupt or short of money.

To lose at blackjack by exceeding a score of 21.

A failure; a flop: “The home-style bean curd is a bust, oily and rubbery” (Mark and Gail Barnett).

A state of bankruptcy.

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).

A punch; a blow.

A spree: a fraternity beer bust.

Slang.

An arrest.

A raid.

verb - to break open suddenly or violently