āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
01
an event marked by excessive eating or drinking
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Everyone left the bust feeling stuffed and tired.
02
āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ, āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ
a sculpture representing someone's head, shoulders, and chest
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She commissioned a bronze bust of her grandfather to honor his legacy and contributions to their community.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ°āĻžāĻ§āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻŦāĻĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻļāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
the chest or upper torso of a woman
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The sculpture captured the woman 's bust in fine detail.
04
something that fails completely
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His investment in the scheme turned out to be a bust.
05
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĢāĻ¤āĻžāĻ°
a raid or arrest, often resulting from police or law enforcement investigations
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They planned the bust for weeks.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻš āĻ§āĻ°ā§ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
to bust
01
āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻž, āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to forcefully break something open or apart
Transitive: to bust sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Using a sledgehammer, the construction crew had to bust the concrete wall.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make something unusable or ineffective
Transitive: to bust a device
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He accidentally busted the old radio by dropping it on the floor.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŦāĻļāĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
03
āĻ¤āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻļāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to conduct a sudden and forceful entry into a place to search for something or to apprehend individuals
Transitive: to bust a place or operation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The SWAT team busted the suspect's hideout in the abandoned warehouse.
SWAT āĻĻāĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻĻāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻšāĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨āĻž āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
01
āĻĻā§āĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸
describing a person or company that is bankrupt or financially ruined
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He was left bust after investing all his savings in a failed business.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
busty
bust
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
