busts
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Definitions ofbusts
- A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
- The breasts and upper thorax of a woman.
- The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
- A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
- A disappointment.
- The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
Example: "a narcotics bust"
- A failed enterprise; a bomb.
- A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
- A player who fails to meet expectations.
- To break.
Example: "I busted my cooker while trying to fix it."
- To arrest (someone) for a crime.
- 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.
- An emphatic synonym of do or get.
Example: "He busted huge air off that jump!"
- To reduce in rank.
Example: "He busted him down to patrolman for insubordination."
- To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
- To lose all of one's chips.
- To exceed a score of 21.
- To break in (an animal).
- To ejaculate; to eject semen.
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