Definition von 'bust

Häufigkeit

bust (bʌst )

Wortformen: plural , 3rd person singular present tense busts , present participle busting , past tense , past participle busted language note: The form bust is used as the present tense of the verb, and can also be used as the past tense and past participle.

1. Verb

If you bust something, you break it or damage it so badly that it cannot be used.

[informal]

They will have to bust the door to get him out.

Synonyme:break, smash, split, crack Weitere Synonyme von bust

2. Verb

If someone is busted, the police arrest them.

[informal]

They were busted for possession of cannabis.

Synonyme:arrest, catch, lift [slang] , raid Weitere Synonyme von bust

3. Verb

If police bust a place, they go to it in order to arrest people who are doing something illegal.

[informal]

...police success in busting U.K.-based drug factories.

Bust is also a noun.

Six tons of cocaine were seized last week in Panama's biggest drug bust.

4. Adjektiv

A company or fund that is bust has no money left and has been forced to close down.

[informal , business]

It is taxpayers who will pay most of the bill for bailing out bust banks.

go bust

6. zählbare Substantive

A bust is a statue of the head and shoulders of a person.

...a bronze bust of the Queen.

Synonyme:sculpture, carving, head Weitere Synonyme von bust

7. zählbare Substantive

You can use bust to refer to a woman's breasts, especially when you are describing their size.

Good posture also helps your bust look bigger.

Synonyme:bosom, breasts, chest, front Weitere Synonyme von bust

8. to bust a gut

Weitere Synonyme von bust

Häufigkeit

bust1 in American English (bʌst ; bust)

Substantiv

a piece of sculpture representing the head, shoulders, and upper chest of a human body

the human bosom; esp., the breasts of a woman

SIMILAR WORDS: breast

Wortherkunft von 'bust'

Fr buste < It busto

Häufigkeit

bust2 in American English (bʌst ; bust)

Informal

Verb transitiv

to burst or break

to make penniless or bankrupt

3. US

to demote in rank

4. US

to tame (esp. broncos)

5. US

to hit

6. US

to arrest

to make a raid (sense 2) on

Verb intransitiv

to burst or break

to become penniless or bankrupt

Substantiv

10. US

a person or thing that is a total failure

11. US

a financial collapse; economic crash

12. US

a punch

13. US

a spree

14. US

an arrest

Abgeleitete Formen

busted2 (ˈbusted)

Adjektiv

Wortherkunft von 'bust'

orig., dial. var. of burst

Häufigkeit

bust1 (bʌst )

Substantiv

the chest of a human being, esp a woman's bosom

a sculpture of the head, shoulders, and upper chest of a person

Wortherkunft von 'bust'

C17: from French buste, from Italian busto a sculpture, of unknown origin

Häufigkeit

bust2 (bʌst ) informal

VerbWortformen:busts, busting, busted or bust

to burst or break

to make or become bankrupt

3. (transitive)

(of the police) to raid, search, or arrest

the girl was busted for drugs

4. (transitive) US and Canadian

to demote, esp in military rank

5. (transitive) US and Canadian

to break or tame (a horse, etc)

6. (transitive) mainly US

to punch; hit

7. bust a gut

Substantiv

a raid, search, or arrest by the police

9. mainly US

a punch; hit

10. US and Canadian

a failure, esp a financial one; bankruptcy

11.

a drunken party

Adjektiv

12.

broken

13.

bankrupt

14. go bust

Wortherkunft von 'bust'

C19: from a dialect pronunciation of burst

Häufigkeit

bust in Finance (bʌst)

Wortformen:(regular plural) busts

Substantiv

( Finance : Economics )

A bust is a decrease in economic activity with declining growth and falling prices.

Finance ministries have cut taxes and boosted public spending, which has prevented the biggest financial bust since the 1930s from triggering an economic catastrophe.

The bust was induced through the decline of lending standards during the boom and the inevitable bankruptcies that induce contraction of bank credit.

A bust is a decrease in economic activity with declining growth and falling prices.

boom

Beispielsätze, die 'bust' enthalten

Too many girls think their life will be different if they have a bust two sizes bigger.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

But it looks a busted flush already.

The Sun (2016)

So if a company goes bust you will get your money back.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

Say a big client goes bust owing you money?

Times, Sunday Times (2008)

Not so long ago the company was almost bust.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

Now we know they are a busted flush.

The Sun (2012)

Financial bubbles rarely end in anything but an unruly bust.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

We are busting a gut to get it here because we need it.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

But it was busted by police after complaints from neighbours.

The Sun (2006)

Staff at a lingerie chain have complained after being asked to wear badges showing their bust size.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

Or admire his bust of a woman, in softly blurring red chalk.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

Who's gonna be hit and bust?

The Sun (2010)

Today we risk not just banks going bust, but entire sovereign nations as well.

The Sun (2011)

This time, the partners go undercover at a local college to bust a drugs ring.

The Sun (2014)

He was honoured with a bronze bust in Guernica four years ago.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

And this may well be followed by a another bust, if history is anything to go by.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

The revolutionary belt has been designed for all women, but is especially aimed at girls with large busts.

The Sun (2006)

Stewards busted down the door when passengers complained about the racket the randy pair were making inside on the flight from Gatwick last week.

The Sun (2014)

Colombia has made its biggest cocaine bust, seizing almost eight tonnes of the drug on a banana plantation in the northwest of the country.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

The most important are height, bust, waist and hips.

The Sun (2015)

Trends von 'bust

Übersetzungen für 'bust'

Britisches Englisch: bust /bʌst/ NOUN
A bust is a statue of someone's head and shoulders....a bronze bust of the Queen.

Arabisch: تـِمْثال نِصْفي
Brasilianisches Portugiesisch: busto
Chinesisch: 胸像
Kroatisch: bista
Tschechisch: bysta
Dänisch: buste
Niederländisch: boezem
Europäisches Spanisch: busto
Finnisch: povi
Französisch: buste
Deutsch: Büste
Griechisch: μπούστο
Italienisch: busto
Japanisch: バスト
Koreanisch: 여성의 가슴
Norwegisch: byste
Polnisch: popiersie
Portugiesisch: busto
Rumänisch: bust busturi
Russisch: бюст
Spanisch: busto
Schwedisch: byst
Thai: รูปปั้นครึ่งตัว
Türkisch: büst
Ukrainisch: бюст
Vietnamesisch: tượng bán thân

Britisches Englisch: bust VERB
If you bust something, you break it or damage it so badly that it cannot be used.They will have to bust the door to get him out.

Brasilianisches Portugiesisch: arrombar
Chinesisch: 打碎
Europäisches Spanisch: romper
Französisch: démolir
Deutsch: aufbrechen
Italienisch: sfasciare
Japanisch: 破裂させる
Koreanisch: 때려부수다
Portugiesisch: arrombar
Spanisch: romper