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Bust

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Meaning

Verb

In American English:
To break.
To
(someone) for a crime.
To
(someone)
of doing something
,
and
, or
, especially when being
a
or
state.
In Snowboarding:
An
of do or get.
In American English:
To reduce in rank.
In Finance:
To
a
,
an
, that has already been executed.
In Poker:
To
chips.
To
a
of 21.
To
(an animal).
To
(a
or
), To deflower
To
; to
or to squirt.
In Mass media:
For a
to
the amount of
for it.
In Chess:
To
an
opening.

Noun

The
of
someone for a
, or
a
operation.
A
or
of a
enterprise.
A
; a bomb.
In Chess:
A
of an
, or of a
analysis.
A disappointment.
⚠️
In Sports:
A
who
to
expectations.
In Economics:
The
of a
; a recession.
A
of a person's
and shoulders.
The
and
of a woman.

Adj

Without any money,
, bankrupt.
Sourced from
Wiktionary

Origin

bust
English
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buste
French
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busto
French
arrow
bustum
Latin
busto
Italian
busto
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
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