bust
noun
1. a complete failure
Definition categories: event, failure
2. the chest of a woman
Definition categories: body, chest, pectus, thorax
3. a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
Definition categories: man–made, sculpture
4. an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
- they went on a bust that lasted three days
Similar word(s): binge, bout, tear
Definition categories: act, revel, revelry
Sentences with bust as a noun:
- a narcotics bust
verb
1. ruin completely
- He busted my radio!
Similar word(s): break
Definition categories: contact, destroy, ruin
2. search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
Similar word(s): raid
Definition categories: social, assail, attack
3. separate or cause to separate abruptly
Similar word(s): rupture, snap, tear
Definition categories: contact, disunite, divide, part, separate
4. go to pieces
Definition categories: contact, crumble, decay, dilapidate
5. break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
Similar word(s): burst
Definition categories: change, break, separate
Sentences with bust as a verb:
- He busted huge air off that jump!
- He busted him down to patrolman for insubordination.