bust

(noun, adjective, verb)

adjective

1. lacking funds

Similar word(s): poor, broke, skint

noun

1. a complete failure

Similar word(s): fizzle, flop

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

Similar word(s): break, wear

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.