bust
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Động từ
verb- 1.
(US, colloquial, transitive)(transitive, colloquial, chiefly US) To break.
I busted my cooker while trying to fix it.
- 2.
(slang, transitive)To arrest (someone or a group of people) for a crime.
Aaron got busted by the feds for leaking confidential government documents on Reddit.
- 3.
(slang, transitive)To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
- 4.
(transitive)To debunk, dispel (a belief).
MythBusters
- 5.
(snowboarding) An emphatic synonym of do or get.
He busted huge air off that jump!
- 6.
(US, informal)To reduce in rank.
He busted him down to patrolman for insubordination.
If Steinkamp doesn't take off that hat and stop messing around, I'm gonna bust him into a PFC.
- 7.
(transitive)(finance, transitive) To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
- 8.
(poker) To lose all of one's chips.
- 9.
(blackjack) To exceed a score of 21.
- 10.
(slang, transitive)To break in (an animal).
- 11.
(slang, transitive)To have sex with (a woman or girl) for the first time, to take another's virginity.
- 12.
(intransitive, slang, vulgar)To ejaculate; to eject semen or to squirt.
I busted a fat one just wackin' it to the selfie she sent me.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(slang)The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
a narcotics bust
- 2.
(slang)A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
- 3.
(slang)A failed enterprise; a bomb.
- 4.
(slang)(chess, slang) A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
- 5.
(slang)A disappointment.
- 6.
(derogatory)(sports, derogatory) A player who fails to meet expectations.
- 7.
(economics) The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
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(dated, slang)A spree, unrestrained revel, or wild party.
- 9.
A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
- 10.
A woman's breasts; the circumference of her chest measured around the breasts.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable, slang)Without any money, broke, bankrupt.
After months of financial problems, the company finally went bust.
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From Middle English busten, a variant of bursten, bresten (to burst). Compare basten, a variant of barsten (to burst). Cognate with burst and bost.