bust

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See also: büst

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

(noun) From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French buste.

Noun

bust (plural busts)

A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders
The breasts and upper thorax of a woman
Template:slang The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation: a narcotics bust
Template:slang A failed enterprise; a bomb

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Translations

sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders

Armenian: կիսանդրի (kisandri)
Bulgarian: бюст m (bjust)
Croatian: Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "hr" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Czech: busta f, bysta f
Dutch: buste Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "f" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., borstbeeld n
Finnish: rintakuva, pysti
French: buste (fr) m
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German: Büste (de) f
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Italian: busto m
Korean: 흉상
Polish: popiersie n
Russian: бюст (ru) m (bjust)
Spanish: busto (es) m

breasts and upper thorax of a woman

Bulgarian: бюст m (bjust)
Dutch: buste Lua error in Module:parameters at line 376: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "f" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Finnish: povi (fi)
French: buste (fr) m
Italian: busto m
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Korean: 앞가슴
Polish: pierś (pl) f
Russian: бюст (ru) m (bjust)
Spanish: busto (es) m

(slang) act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation

Dutch: arrestatie (nl) f, razzia f
Finnish: pidätys, ratsia
French: arrestation (fr) f
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Italian: arresto (it) m, fare irruzione, irruzione (it) f
Polish: nalot m (police raid)
Russian: налёт m (naljót), облава f (oblava), рейд m (rejd)

(slang) failed enterprise

Dutch: flop, fiasco n
French: fiasco (fr) m
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Italian: fiasco (it) m
Polish: klapa f, fiasko (pl) n

Etymology 2

From the verb to burst.

Adjective

bust (not comparable)

Template:slang without any money, broke

Verb

bust (third-person singular simple present busts, present participle busting, simple past and past participle busted)

Alteration of burst
To break something
Template:slang To arrest for a crime
Template:slang 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.
Template:snowboarding: An emphatic to do
He busted huge air off that jump!

Translations

alteration of burst

Dutch: barsten (nl), breken (nl)
French: éclater (fr)
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Italian: scoppiare (it) (intransitive), far scoppiare (transitive)

to break something

Bulgarian: счупвам (sčupvam), разбивам (razbivam)
Dutch: breken (nl)
Finnish: rikkoa (fi)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
French: casser (fr)
Italian: rompere (it), sfasciare

(slang) to arrest for a crime

Bulgarian: арестувам (bg) (arestuvam)
Dutch: oppakken (nl), bij de lurven pakken, vatten (nl)
Finnish: pidättää (fi)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
French: attraper (fr)
Italian: acciuffare, attaccare (it)

(slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal

Dutch: betrappen (nl)
French: pincer (fr)
(deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
Italian: sgamare (it)

(snowboarding): An emphatic to do

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