Etymology : French buste, from Italian busto, from Latin bustum tomb
Pronunciation : 'b&st
Function : noun
Date : 1645
1. artistic representation (sculpture, painting, etc.) of the upper part of a human body; chest, breast, woman's breasts; arrest; failure; bankruptcy; sudden economic decline; blow, hit. arrest, imprison; break, tame; attack, hit; collapse under stress; fail; go bankrupt; lower in rank. impoverished, broke; bankrupt; spoilt, broken.
2. a police raid on a person and/or property.
3. a burglar.
4. the polic.
5. an orgas.
6. to raid as in a bust.
7. to di.
8. to kil.
9. to smash, to break u.
10. to go very fas.
11. to arres.
12. see also:
bust a cap. bust\bust\ (bŭst), n. [f. buste, fr. it. busto; cf. ll. busta, bustula, box, of the same origin as e. box a case; cf., for the change of meaning, e. chest. see:
bushel.].
13. a piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast. ambition sighed: she found it vain to trust the faithless column, and the crumbling bust.
14. the portion of the human figure included between the head and waist, whether in statuary or in the person; the chest or thorax; the upper part of the trunk of the body.bust lacking funds; "`skint' is a british slang term" [syn: broke, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke] n.
15. a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop" [syn: flop].
16. a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person.
17. an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days" [syn: tear, binge, bout] v 1: ruin completely; "he busted my radio!" [syn: break] [ant: repair] 2: search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "the police raided the crack house" [syn: raid] 3: separate or cause to separate abruptly; "the rope snapped"; "tear the paper" [syn: tear, rupture, snap].
18. go to pieces; "the lawn mower finally broke"; "the gears wore out"; "the old chair finally fell apart completely" [syn: break, wear, wear out, fall apart].
19. break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; "the dam burst" [syn: burst].
20. A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.
21. The portion of the human figure included between the head and waist, whether in statuary or in the person; the chest or thorax; the upper part of the trunk of the body. an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days" a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person.
22. The form bust is used as the present tense of the verb, and can also be used as the past tense and past participle.
23. 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.
24. If someone is busted, the police arrest them. They were busted for possession of cannabis.
25. If police bust a place, they go to it in order to arrest people who are doing something illegal. police success in busting UK-based drug factories. Bust is also a noun. Six tons of cocaine were seized last week in Panama's biggest drug bust.
26. A company or fund that is bust has no money left and has been forced to close down. It is taxpayers who will pay most of the bill for bailing out bust banks.
27. If a company goes bust, it loses so much money that it is forced to close down. a Swiss company which went bust last May.
28. A bust is a statue of the head and shoulders of a person. a bronze bust of the Queen.
29. 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.
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