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. [VERB noun]

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

2. Verb [usually passive]

If someone is busted, the police arrest them.

[informal]

They were busted for possession of cannabis. [be VERB-ed]

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 UK-based drug factories. [VERB noun]

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. zählbares Substantiv

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

...a bronze bust of the Queen. [+ of]

Synonyme:sculpture, carving, head Weitere Synonyme von bust

7. zählbares Substantiv

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

Video: pronunciation of 'bust'

Häufigkeit

bust in American 1

(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

bust in American 2

(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

busted (ˈbusted)

Adjektiv

Wortherkunft von bust

orig., dial. var. of burst

Häufigkeit

bust in British 1

(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

bust in British 2

(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

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But it looks a busted flush already. The Sun (2016)Now we know they are a busted flush. The Sun (2012)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)