Bust - English meaning
Bust – definitions in English dictionary
nounA woman's chest as measured around her breasts.
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A 36-inch bustnounA sculpture of a person's head, shoulders, and chest.
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Epstein concentrated increasingly on bronze portrait bustsnounA period of economic difficulty or depression.
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The boom was followed by the present bustnounA raid or arrest by the police.
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A drug bustnounA worthless thing.
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Cynics remain convinced the political process is a bustnounA violent blow.
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A bust on the snout
verbBreak, split, or burst.
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They bust the tunnel wide openverb(of the police) raid or search (premises where illegal activity is suspected).
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My flat got busted
adjectiveDamaged or broken.
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The vacuum cleaner's bustadjectiveBankrupt.
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Six of their sponsors have gone bust
verbTo burst or break something
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[ i always + adv/prep ] he busted out laughing., [ m ] the cops had to bust the door down., a bust …
nounA period of slow economic activity and lack of growth
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Each of the previous booms in real house prices was followed by a bust., employment soared during t…
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Word origin
mid 18th century (originally US, as a noun in the sense ‘an act of bursting or splitting’): variant of burst.
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