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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.

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"

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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