busted

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌstəd/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ʌstəd

Etymology 1

See bust (Etymology 1)

Adjective

busted (comparative more busted, superlative most busted)

1. (often used in combination with an adjective) Having a certain type of bust (breasts; cleavage).
   • 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 211:

     Some dolls made in Italy had eyes which could follow one about, others made of felt that had their hair dressed and dyed in grey, silver, or blonde, and wore velvet drainpipe trousers and lace brassières over their slightly busted fronts.

Derived terms

• unbusted

 

Etymology 2

From bust +‎ -ed. See bust (Etymology 2).

Adjective

busted (comparative more busted, superlative most busted)

1. (slang) Broke; having no money.

   I'd like to help you, but I'm busted.

2. (slang) Caught in the act of doing something one shouldn't do.

   I saw you take that cookie from the cookie jar! You're busted!

   • 2009, S. Bear Bergman, “New Year” (essay), in The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You, →ISBN, ReadHowYouWant.com (2010), page 66:

     Plus, to be honest, the look on his face when he realized how very busted they were was worth far more than the fifty dollars I paid for their dinner.

3. (slang) Extremely ugly.

   She was cute, but all her friends were busted.

   • 2004 July 30, Ms Pnoopie Pnats, “talking about hot or not...”, in alt.support.shyness (Usenet):

     ok this gals bod is hot but her face is busted

4. (slang) Tired.
5. (slang) Broken.
6. (video games, slang) Extremely overpowered.
   • 2022 March 25, Jason Parker, “"I'm not even aiming!": xQc says controller aim assist is broken in Fortnite”, in Sportskeeda‎^[1]:

     While not all of his matches went well, the streamer insisted aim assist was busted.

Synonyms

• (tired): Thesaurus:fatigued
• (broken): Thesaurus:broken, Thesaurus:out of order

Derived terms

• unbusted

 

Translations

having no money

• Dutch: platzak (nl)
• Finnish: rahaton (fi)
• French: fauché (fr)
• German: pleite (de)
• Italian: al verde
• Polish: spłukany (pl)
• Romanian: lefter (ro)

caught in the act

• Dutch: gepakt zijn, erbij zijn, betrapt (nl)
• Finnish: kärähtää (fi)
• French: pincé (fr), pris la main dans le sac, pris sur le fait
• German: erwischt (de), geschnappt (de), aufgeflogen (de)
• Italian: beccato (it)
• Malay: kantoi (ms)
• Polish: przyłapany
• Portuguese: flagrado (pt)

broken

• Finnish: mäsänä, mäskänä, rikki (fi)
• French: bouzillé (fr) m

Verb

busted

1. simple past and past participle of bust

Related terms

• bust
• busted draw
• busted flush
• busted pilot
• busted valise
• flat busted

Anagrams

• bedust, bestud, budset, debuts, débuts