Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆
Language:
Translation and analysis of words by ChatGPT artificial intelligence
On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:
- how the word is used
- frequency of use
- it is used more often in oral or written speech
- word translation options
- usage examples (several phrases with translation)
- etymology
What (who) is bust - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Busts; Bust (disambiguation)
bust
n. (colloq.)
arrest
1) to make a bust
2) a drug bust
bust
(busts, busting, busted)
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.
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: V n
2.
If someone is busted, the police arrest them. (INFORMAL)
They were busted for possession of cannabis.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed
3.
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: V n
•
Bust is also a noun.
Six tons of cocaine were seized last week in Panama's biggest drug bust.
N-COUNT
4.
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.
ADJ
5.
If a company goes bust, it loses so much money that it is forced to close down. (INFORMAL BUSINESS)
...a Swiss company which went bust last May.
PHRASE: V inflects
6.
A bust is a statue of the head and shoulders of a person.
...a bronze bust of the Queen.
N-COUNT: oft N of n
7.
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.
N-COUNT
Bust
·noun A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.
II. Bust ·noun 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.
Wikipedia
Bust
Bust commonly refers to:
- A woman's breasts
- Bust (sculpture), of head and shoulders
- An arrest
Bust may also refer to:
Examples of use of bust
1. It‘s Jerusalem or bust, or right of return or bust.
2. Some businesses have gone bust or moved elsewhere.
3. In this respect, the elections were a bust as primaries.
4. You want to bust out of there ‘cos it‘s terrible.
5. The haul is the largest heroin bust in Finnish history.