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Bust
| Bust Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Bust?
[n] an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days"
[n] a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
[n] a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop"
[adj] lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term"
[v] break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; "The dam burst"
[v] go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
[v] ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"
[v] separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
[v] search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Bust: binge |
bout |
break |
broke |
burst |
fall apart |
flop |
poor |
raid |
rupture |
skint |
snap |
stone-broke |
stony-broke |
tear |
tear |
wear |
wear out
Related Terms | Find terms related to Bust: abase |
abasement |
ado |
apprehend |
apprehension |
arch |
arrest |
arrestation |
arrestment |
bacchanal |
bacchanalia |
bacchanalian |
backfire |
bad times |
bag |
bang |
bankrupt |
bankruptcy |
barrow |
bat |
be ruined |
become insolvent |
bender |
binge |
blast |
blow out |
blow up |
bomb |
boobs |
boom |
boot |
booze |
bosom |
bottoming out |
bounce |
bouncing check |
boundary stone |
bout |
box |
brannigan |
brass |
breach |
break |
break in |
break to harness |
breast |
breasts |
brisket |
bum |
bump |
burst |
business cycle |
business fluctuations |
bustle |
cairn |
can |
capture |
carousal |
carouse |
carving |
cashier |
casting down |
celebration |
cenotaph |
check |
chest |
chip |
chop |
clamor |
clap |
clash |
clout |
collapse |
collar |
column |
compotation |
cooling off |
crack |
crash |
crisis |
cromlech |
crop |
cross |
crump |
cup |
cyclolith |
debase |
debasement |
debauch |
deconsecrate |
defrock |
degradation |
degrade |
degrading |
dement |
demerit |
demote |
demotion |
deplume |
depluming |
depose |
depression |
deprive |
detain |
dethrone |
detonate |
disbar |
discharge |
discrown |
disemploy |
disenthrone |
disgrade |
disgrading |
dismiss |
displace |
displume |
displuming |
doll |
dolly |
dolmen |
domesticate |
downgrade |
downgrading |
downturn |
drinking bout |
drum out |
drunk |
drunken carousal |
dud |
dug |
dull thud |
dummy |
economic cycle |
economic expansion |
economic growth |
economic stagnation |
escapade |
evil day |
excommunicate |
exfoliate |
expanding economy |
expansion |
expel |
explode |
fail |
failure |
fantoccini |
figure |
figurehead |
figurine |
fire |
fissure |
fizzle |
flap |
flat failure |
fling |
flop |
floperoo |
flunk |
flunk out |
flurry |
fold |
fold up |
footstone |
fracture |
frost |
fulminate |
furlough |
furore |
fuss |
gentle |
gingerbread man |
give the ax |
give the gate |
go bankrupt |
go into receivership |
go off |
go to pot |
go to ruin |
go under |
go up |
grave |
gravestone |
growth |
guzzle |
hard times |
hassle |
haymaker |
headstone |
heavy weather |
high growth rate |
hoarstone |
housebreak |
hubbub |
humble |
humbling |
hurly-burly |
impoverish |
inscription |
insolvency |
insufficient funds |
jag |
kick |
kick upstairs |
kited check |
knock |
knockers |
lark |
lay figure |
lay off |
lemon |
let go |
let off |
let out |
liquidate |
loser |
low |
lower |
make a pinch |
make redundant |
mama |
mamelon |
mamelonation |
mammary gland |
mammilla |
mammillation |
man of straw |
manikin |
mannequin |
marionette |
marker |
market expansion |
mausoleum |
megalith |
memento |
memorial |
memorial arch |
memorial column |
memorial statue |
memorial stone |
menhir |
model |
monolith |
monument |
mound |
nab |
necrology |
nenes |
netting |
nipple |
obelisk |
obituary |
orgy |
oust |
overdraft |
overdrawn account |
overthrow |
pap |
papilla |
paste |
pauper |
pauperize |
peak |
peaking |
pension |
pension off |
pick up |
pigeon breast |
pillar |
pinch |
plaque |
ploy |
poke |
portrait bust |
potation |
pother |
prize |
prosperity |
pub-crawl |
pull in |
punch |
puppet |
purge |
pyramid |
rainy day |
randan |
randy |
rap |
read out of |
receivership |
recession |
recovery |
reduce |
reduction |
release |
reliquary |
remembrance |
remove |
remove from office |
replace |
report |
retire |
revel |
ribbon |
rostral column |
ruin |
run in |
rupture |
sack |
sad times |
scale |
scarecrow |
sculpture |
scuttle |
seizure |
separate forcibly |
set off |
shaft |
shoot |
shrine |
shut down |
sink |
slam |
slap |
slat |
slowdown |
slump |
smack |
snap |
snowman |
sock |
splat |
split |
spree |
statuary |
statue |
statuette |
stela |
stone |
stormy weather |
strip |
strip of office |
strip of rank |
stripping of rank |
stupa |
superannuate |
surplus |
suspend |
swap |
symposium |
tablet |
tame |
tap |
tear |
teat |
testimonial |
thorax |
thwack |
tit |
tits |
titties |
titty |
to-do |
tomb |
tombstone |
toot |
tope |
total loss |
touch off |
trophy |
tumult |
turkey |
turmoil |
turn off |
turn out |
udder |
unchurch |
unfrock |
unsaddle |
unseat |
unthrone |
uproar |
upturn |
wash out |
washout |
wassail |
wax figure |
waxwork |
whack |
wham |
whap |
whirl |
whirlpool |
whirlwind |
whomp |
whop |
wingding |
wood carving
See Also | analyse |
analyze |
assail |
attack |
bomb |
break |
break apart |
break away |
break down |
break off |
break up |
bust up |
chip |
chip off |
come apart |
come off |
crash |
crumble |
cut off |
decay |
delapidate |
destroy |
disassemble |
dismantle |
dissect |
disunite |
divide |
dud |
failure |
fall apart |
fray |
frazzle |
knap |
lacerate |
level |
pan |
part |
piss-up |
pull |
pull down |
rase |
raze |
rend |
revel |
revelry |
rip |
rip up |
rive |
ruin |
sculpture |
separate |
separate |
sever |
shatter |
shred |
split up |
take apart |
take down |
tear apart |
tear down |
tear up |
trash |
turkey |
wear away |
wear off |
whittle away |
whittle down |
wrack |
wreck
Bust In Webster's Dictionary
\Bust\ (b[u^]st), n. [F. buste, fr. It. busto; cf. LL.
busta, bustula, box, of the same origin as E. box a case;
cf., for the change of meaning, E. chest. See {Bushel}.]
1. A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the
human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.
Ambition sighed: she found it vain to trust The
faithless column, and the crumbling bust. --Pope.
2. 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.
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