bust

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  She bust her old sides in the attempt
• WordNet 3.6
  • adj bust lacking funds "`skint' is a British slang term"
  • v bust break open or apart suddenly and forcefully "The dam burst"
  • v bust go to pieces "The lawn mower finally broke","The gears wore out","The old chair finally fell apart completely"
  • v bust ruin completely "He busted my radio!"
  • v bust separate or cause to separate abruptly "The rope snapped","tear the paper"
  • v bust search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on "The police raided the crack house"
  • n bust an occasion for excessive eating or drinking "they went on a bust that lasted three days"
  • n bust a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
  • n bust the chest of a woman
  • n bust a complete failure "the play was a dismal flop"
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Sat staring up at the busts

• • bust 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 ."
  • bust A woman's bosom{2}.
  • bust 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.
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• • bust A dialectal or vulgar form of burst.
  • n bust A dialectal or vulgar form of burst.
  • n bust Specifically, a spree: as, to go on a bust.
  • n bust The chest, thorax, or breast; the trunk of the human body above the waist.
  • n bust In sculpture, the figure of a person in relief, showing only the head, shoulders, and breast. The term may be applied to the head and neck only, or to the head and neck with the shoulders and breast, or to the head with the whole chest, or to the head, neck, breast, and shoulders, with the arms truncated above the elbow.
  • bust To put a tar-mark upon (sheep).
  • n bust A tar-mark on sheep.
  • bust To break to the saddle, as an intractable bronco.
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• • n Bust bust a sculpture representing the head and breast of a person: the upper part of the human body, a woman's bosom
  • n., v Bust bust a vulgar form of Burst
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• Joe Bamford

  

  “Frankly, I don't want to see a rapid upturn. I want it to hold until some of these idiotic competitors go bust.”
• David Crosby

  

  “I am having so much fun performing, I feel almost guilty. I think, my God, I hope no one comes and busts me for this.”
• Josh Billings

  

  “The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.”

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