Bust

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To smash or break, especially forcefully.
  • intransitive verb. To render inoperable or unusable.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to come to an end; break up.
  • intransitive verb. To break or tame (a horse).
  • intransitive verb. To cause to become bankrupt or short of money.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To place under arrest.
  • intransitive verb. To make a police raid on.
  • intransitive verb. To reduce in rank; demote.
  • intransitive verb. To hit; punch.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To undergo breakage; become broken.
  • intransitive verb. To burst; break.
  • intransitive verb. To become bankrupt or short of money.
  • intransitive verb. To lose at blackjack by exceeding a score of 21.
  • noun. A failure; a flop.
  • noun. A time or period of widespread financial depression.
  • noun. A punch; a blow.
  • noun. A spree.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An arrest.
  • noun. A raid.
  • idiom. (bust a nut) To have an orgasm.
  • idiom. (ass/balls) /butt) To make a strenuous effort; work very hard.
  • idiom. (bust (someone's) balls/chops) To make extreme or unreasonable demands of someone.
  • idiom. (bust (someone's) balls/chops) To harass or scold someone.
  • idiom. (go bust) To go bankrupt.
  • noun. A sculpture representing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A woman's breasts.
  • noun. The human chest.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To put a tar-mark upon (sheep).
  • A dialectal or vulgar form of burst.
  • noun. The chest, thorax, or breast; the trunk of the human body above the waist.
  • noun. In sculpture, the figure of a person in relief, showing only the head, shoulders, and breast.
  • noun. A tar-mark on sheep.
  • noun. A dialectal or vulgar form of burst.
  • noun. Specifically, a spree: as, to go on a bust.
  • To break to the saddle, as an intractable bronco.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To break or burst.
  • intransitive verb. In blackjack, to draw a card that causes one's total to exceed twenty-one.
  • intransitive verb. To go bankrupt.
  • intransitive verb. to go bankrupt.
  • intransitive verb. or collapse from the effort; -- used in phrases expressing determination to do something
  • noun. A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.
  • noun. The portion of the human figure included between the head and waist, whether in statuary or in the person; the chest or thorax; the upper part of the trunk of the body.
  • noun. A woman's bosom{2}.
  • transitive verb. To arrest, for committing a crime; -- often used in the passive.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders
  • Word Usage
    "I think this bust would have been better as a full-size statue or even a diorama, but if a bust is the only way I can bring this slightly obscure Disney baddie home, so be it."
    Equivalent
    poor  
    Form
    bust up  bust-up  busted  buster  busty  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    assail  attack  chest  pectus  sculpture  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    adjust  antitrust  brust  bused  bussed  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form
    busted  busting  busts