bust
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bust (not comparable)
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bust (plural busts)
- the sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders
- the breasts and upper thorax of a woman
- (slang) the act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation: a narcotics bust
- (slang) a failed enterprise; a bomb
[edit] Translations
the sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders
the breasts and upper thorax of a woman
(slang) the act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation
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(slang) a failed enterprise
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to bust (third-person singular simple present busts, present participle busting, simple past and past participle busted)
- alteration of burst
- to break something
- (slang) to arrest for a crime
- (slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong or illegal.
- (snowboarding): An emphatic to do
- He busted huge air off that jump!
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alteration of burst
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(slang) to arrest for a crime
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(slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong or illegal
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(snowboarding): An emphatic to do
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