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- pronunciation:
- buhst
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, adjective
- phrases:
- bust up
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, adjective)
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
busts, busting, busted |
| definition 1: |
(informal) to break or burst.
The surfboard crashed into the rocks and busted.The balloon will bust if you squeeze it.- synonyms:
- break, burst, rip, tear
- similar words:
- rupture, sever, split
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| definition 2: |
to become penniless.
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| related words: |
blow, break, burst, fold, shatter, spring |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
(informal) to break or make inoperative.
He fell and busted his leg.I accidentally busted his cell phone.- synonyms:
- break, destroy, ruin, sunder, wreck
- similar words:
- cleave, dismember, rive, rupture, sever, tear
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| definition 2: |
to make poor; destroy financially.
His foolish gamble busted him.- synonyms:
- bankrupt, break, impoverish
- similar words:
- damage, degrade, diminish, impair, ruin
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| definition 3: |
to force an end to; break up.
The company tried to bust the union.- synonyms:
- break, destroy, terminate
- similar words:
- disintegrate, end, stop
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| definition 4: |
(informal) to reduce in rank.
The sergeant was busted down to a private.- synonyms:
- degrade, demote, downgrade
- antonyms:
- promote
- similar words:
- depose, divest, lower, reduce, strip
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| definition 5: |
(informal) to arrest, or to catch in wrongdoing.
He was making money selling drugs until the cops busted him.She was skipping school and got busted by a teacher.- synonyms:
- apprehend, arrest, capture, collar
- similar words:
- catch, detain, hold, imprison, incarcerate, pinch, seize
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| related words: |
break, capture, raid, shatter |
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| phrase: |
bust up |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
(informal) a plan that has proved to be unsuccessful; flop.
The attempt was a total bust.- synonyms:
- defeat, disaster, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop
- similar words:
- botch, disappointment, frustration, mess, muff
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| definition 2: |
a period or condition of economic depression.
The economy alternated between boom and bust.- synonyms:
- depression, recession
- similar words:
- decline, deflation, downfall, downturn, failure, hardship, slump
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| related words: |
bungle |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
(informal) bankrupt.
The company went bust last year.- synonyms:
- bankrupt, broke, penniless
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