bust
1. a complete failure
- the play was a dismal flop
• Syn:
flop, fizzle
• Derivationally related forms:
flop (for: flop)
• Hypernyms:
failure
• Hyponyms:
turkey, bomb, dud
2. the chest of a woman
• Syn:
female chest
• Derivationally related forms:
busty
• Hypernyms:
thorax, chest, pectus
• Part Holonyms:
female body
3. a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
• Hypernyms:
sculpture
4. an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
- they went on a bust that lasted three days
• Syn:
tear, binge, bout
• Derivationally related forms:
binge (for: binge)
• Hypernyms:
revel, revelry
• Hyponyms:
piss-up
1. ruin completely (Freq. 1)
- He busted my radio!
• Syn:
break
• Ant:
repair (for: break)
• See Also:
bust up, break up (for: break), break apart (for: break), break off (for: break), break down (for: break)
• Derivationally related forms:
buster, breakable (for: break), breakage (for: break)
• Hypernyms:
destroy, ruin
• Hyponyms:
break down
• Verb Group:
break, wear, wear out, fall apart
• Cause:
break, wear, wear out, fall apart
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
- The police raided the crack house
• Syn:
raid
• Derivationally related forms:
raid (for: raid)
• Hypernyms:
attack, assail
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. separate or cause to separate abruptly
- The rope snapped
- tear the paper
• Syn:
tear, rupture, snap
• See Also:
tear up (for: tear), tear apart (for: tear), tear down (for: tear)
• Derivationally related forms:
snap (for: snap), rupture (for: rupture), tear (for: tear)
• Hypernyms:
separate, disunite, divide, part
• Hyponyms:
lacerate, rend, rip, rive, pull,
shred, tear up, rip up
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. go to pieces
- The lawn mower finally broke
- The gears wore out
- The old chair finally fell apart completely
• Syn:
break, wear, wear out, fall apart
• See Also:
wear away (for: wear), wear off (for: wear), break away (for: break), break off (for: break), break up (for: break), break apart (for: break)
• Derivationally related forms:
wear (for: wear), breakable (for: break)
• Hypernyms:
decay, crumble, dilapidate
• Hyponyms:
fray, frazzle
• Verb Group:
break
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
5. break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
- The dam burst
• Syn:
burst
• Hypernyms:
break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
• Hyponyms:
shatter
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
lacking funds
- 'skint' is a British slang term
• Syn:
broke, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke
• Similar to:
poor
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