Definitions for BUST
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. flop, bust, fizzlenoun

   a complete failure

   "the play was a dismal flop"

2. female chest, bustnoun

   the chest of a woman

3. bustnoun

   a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person

4. bust, tear, binge, boutadjective

   an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

   "they went on a bust that lasted three days"

5. broke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-brokeverb

   lacking funds

   "`skint' is a British slang term"

6. break, bustverb

   ruin completely

   "He busted my radio!"

7. raid, bustverb

   search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on

   "The police raided the crack house"

8. tear, rupture, snap, bustverb

   separate or cause to separate abruptly

   "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"

9. break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apartverb

   go to pieces

   "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"

10. burst, bustverb

    break open or apart suddenly and forcefully

    "The dam burst"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bustnoun

   A statue representing a man to his breast.

   Etymology: busto, Ital.

   Agrippa, or Caligula, is a common coin, but a very extraordinary bust; and a Tiberius, a rare coin, but a common bust. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

   Ambition sigh’d: she found it vain to trust
   The faithless column, and the crumbling bust. Alexander Pope.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Bustnoun

   a piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast

2. Bustnoun

   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

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bust

   BUST Magazine is a women's pop culture magazine that is published bi-monthly by Debbie Stoller and Laurie Henzel.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Bust

   bust, n. a sculpture representing the head and breast of a person: the upper part of the human body, a woman's bosom.—adj. Bust′ed, breasted: adorned with busts. [Fr. buste; It. and Sp. busto.]

2. Bust

   bust, n. and v. a vulgar form of Burst.—n. Bust′er, something large: a frolic: (slang) a roisterer.

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2. BUST

   What does BUST stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the BUST acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Attack
   • Break
   • Decay
   • Destroy
   • Sculpture
   • Separate

Anagrams for BUST »

1. stub

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of BUST in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of BUST in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of BUST in a Sentence

1. Dick Cheney:

   He's lately become a reminder to me that we don't always get exactly what we want in politics, you got the job with actual power and authority. And I got a very nice marble bust.

2. Raymond Lasseigne:

   There's no place to make cuts anymore. There's not much else you can do now. Companies are losing money on a monthly basis. It's bad everywhere, i went through the bust in the 1980s and it's beginning to feel like that again.

3. Paper Magazine Abby Schreiber:

   I think it’s up to the individual woman what she wants to wear or not wear, and although, yes, there have been recent trends that emphasize more modest dressing, if a woman wants to show skin, that’s up to her and she should n’t be made to feel embarrassed or ashamed of her choices or be... stereotyped in any way because of them. Modeling agency Maggie, Inc. President Robert Casey responded to the backlash Vogue received on social media. President Robert Casey said the no bust trend is not offensive or body shaming.

4. Peter Kraska:

   This( practice) has devolved into a mess once, it will again. Just stop. Just quit doing it, put legislation in place that brings back the original intent of the Fourth Amendment -- you've got to get a warrant, have to knock and announce, have to give proper notice, have to give time to answer the door, and if you need to engage in a risky arrest situation or volatile, dangerous arrest situation, figure out a different way to do it than to bust down a private resident's door and manufacture a really dangerous situation.

5. Lenny Bruce:

   Now a Jew, in the dictionary, is one who is descended from the ancient tribes of Judea, or one who is regarded as descended from that tribe. That's what it says in the dictionary; but you and I know what a Jew is -- One Who Killed Our Lord. And although there should be a statute of limitations for that crime, it seems that those who neither have the actions nor the gait of Christians, pagan or not, will bust us out, unrelenting dues, for another deuce.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=BUST
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=BUST
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/BUST
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=BUST
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=BUST