bust
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bust (plural busts)
- A 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
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sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders
breasts and upper thorax of a woman
(slang) act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation
(slang) failed enterprise
[edit] Etymology 2
From the verb to burst.
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bust (not comparable)
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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, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
- (snowboarding): An emphatic to do
- He busted huge air off that jump!
[edit] Translations
alteration of burst
to break something
(slang) to arrest for a crime
(slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal
(snowboarding): An emphatic to do
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bust
- imperative and present imperfect singular forms of bussen
