bust: Meaning and Definition of

bust

1. a sculptured, painted, drawn, or engraved representation of the upper part of the human figure, esp. a portrait sculpture showing only the head and shoulders of the subject.
2. the chest or breast, esp. a woman's bosom.

bust

1. She was determined to make straight A's or bust.
1. to burst.
2. to go bankrupt.
3. to collapse from the strain of making a supreme effort:She was determined to make straight A's or bust.
1. Draw Poker.to fail to make a flush or straight by one card.
2. Blackjack. to draw cards exceeding the count of 21.

1. to burst.
2. to bankrupt; ruin financially.
2. to demote, esp. in military rank or grade: He was busted from sergeant to private three times.
3. to tame; break: to bust a bronco.
4. The gang was busted and put away on narcotics charges.
1. to place under arrest:The gang was busted and put away on narcotics charges.
2. to subject to a police raid:The bar has been busted three times for selling drinks to minors.
5. She fell and busted her arm.
1. to hit.
2. to break; fracture:She fell and busted her arm.
6. . to fight with the fists; strike or thrash another.
1. to attack physically; beat up.
2. to criticize or reprimand harshly.
3. to make fun of or laugh at; mock.
4. to inform on.
8. . to make an extreme effort; exert oneself.
9. Sam and his wife busted up a year ago.
1. to break up; separate:Sam and his wife busted up a year ago.
2. to damage or destroy:Soldiers got in a fight and busted up the bar.

1. a failure.
2. a hit; sock; punch: He got a bust in the nose before he could put up his hands.
3. a sudden decline in the economic conditions of a country, marked by an extreme drop in stock-market prices, business activity, and employment; depression.
1. an arrest.
2. a police raid.
5. a drinking spree; binge.
1. a very weak hand.
2. Bridge.a hand lacking the potential to take a single trick.

1. bankrupt; broke.