bust

See also büst

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbʌst/

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• Rhymes: -ʌst
• Homophones: bussed, bused

Etymology 1

From French buste < Italian busto, probably from Latin būstum.

Noun

bust (plural busts)

1. A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders
2. The breasts and upper thorax of a woman

Derived terms

• busty
• overbust
• underbust

Translations

sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders

• Armenian: կիսանդրի (hy) (kisandri)
• Bulgarian: бюст (bg) (bjust) m
• Catalan: bust (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胸像 (cmn) (xiōngxiàng), 半身像 (cmn) (bànshēnxiàng)

• Czech: busta (cs) f, bysta (cs) f
• Dutch: buste (nl) m and f, borstbeeld (nl) n
• Finnish: rintakuva (fi), pysti (fi)
• French: buste (fr) m
• German: Büste (de) f
• Hungarian: mellszobor (hu)

• Icelandic: brjóstmynd (is) f
• Ido: busto (io)
• Italian: busto (it) m
• Japanese: 胸像 (ja) (きょうぞう, kyōzō), 半身像 (ja) (はんしんぞう, hanshinzō)
• Korean: 흉상 (ko) (hyungsang)
• Polish: popiersie (pl) n
• Russian: бюст (ru) (bjust) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: биста (sh) f

  Roman: bista (sh) f

• Spanish: busto (es) m

breasts and upper thorax of a woman

• Bulgarian: бюст (bg) (bjust) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 婦女胸部 (cmn), 妇女胸部 (cmn) (fùnǚ xiōngbù)

• Dutch: buste (nl) m and f
• Finnish: povi (fi)
• French: buste (fr) m

• Italian: busto (it) m
• Japanese: 乳房 (ja) (にゅうぼう, nyūbō, ちぶさ, chibusa)
• Korean: 앞가슴 (ko) (apgaseum)
• Polish: pierś (pl) f
• Russian: бюст (ru) (bjust) m, женская грудь (ru) (žénskaja grudʹ) f
• Spanish: busto (es) m

Etymology 2

From the verb to burst.

Verb

bust (third-person singular simple present busts, present participle busting, simple past and past participle busted)

1. To break something
2. (slang) To arrest for a crime
3. (slang) To catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
4. (snowboarding) An emphatic to do

   He busted huge air off that jump!

5. (US, informal) To reduce in rank.

   He busted him down to patrolman for insubordination.

   • 1962, The Manchurian Candidate, 01:56:35

     If Steinkamp doesn't take off that hat and stop messing around, I'm gonna bust him into a PFC.

6. (poker) To lose all of one's chips.
7. (blackjack) To exceed a score of 21.

Synonyms

to arrest for a crime

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Derived terms

• bust a cap
• bust a gasket
• bust a move
• bust a nut
• bust ass cold
• bust loose
• bust one's ass
• bust one's balls
• bust one's chops
• bust out
• bust up

Translations

alteration of burst

• Dutch: barsten (nl), breken (nl)
• French: éclater (fr)

• Italian: scoppiare (it) (intransitive), far scoppiare (it) (transitive)

to break something

• Bulgarian: счупвам (bg) (sčupvam), разбивам (bg) (razbivam)
• Dutch: breken (nl)
• Finnish: rikkoa (fi)

• French: bouziller (fr), niquer (fr)
• Italian: rompere (it), sfasciare (it)
• Spanish: reventar (es)

(slang) to arrest for a crime

• Bulgarian: арестувам (bg) (arestuvam)
• Dutch: oppakken (nl), bij de lurven pakken (nl), vatten (nl)
• Finnish: pidättää (fi)

• French: attraper (fr), arrêter (fr)
• German: einlochen (de)
• Italian: acciuffare (it), attaccare (it)

(slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal

• Dutch: betrappen (nl)
• French: pincer (fr), choper (fr), prendre sur le fait (fr), prendre la main dans le sac (fr) (slang)

• Italian: sgamare (it)

(snowboarding) An emphatic to do

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• Indonesian: meletus, meletup

Noun

bust (plural busts)

1. (slang) The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation:

   a narcotics bust

2. (slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.
3. (sports, derogatory) A player who is drafted at a high position and fails.
4. (chess, informal) A refutation of an opening, or of previously published analysis.

Translations

(slang) act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation

• Dutch: arrestatie (nl) f, razzia (nl) f
• Finnish: pidätys (fi), ratsia (fi)
• French: arrestation (fr) f

• Italian: arresto (it) m, fare irruzione (it), irruzione (it) f
• Polish: nalot (pl) m (police raid)
• Russian: налёт (ru) (naljót) m, облава (ru) (oblava) f, рейд (ru) (rejd) m

(slang) failed enterprise

• Dutch: flop (nl), fiasco (nl) n
• French: fiasco (fr) m
• Italian: fiasco (it) m

• Polish: klapa (pl) f, fiasko (pl) n
• Spanish: fiasco (es) m

Adjective

bust (not comparable)

1. (slang) without any money, broke

Derived terms

• bust up/bust-up
• busted (adjective)
• buster

Anagrams

• BTUs, buts, stub, tubs

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Verb

bust

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of bussen
2. plural imperative of bussen