busted
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bust1
▶noun
- 1 a woman's breasts.
- 2 a sculpture of a person's head, shoulders, and chest.
– origin C17: from Fr. buste, from Ital. busto, from L. bustum ‘tomb, sepulchral monument’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
bust2 informal
▶verb (past and past part. busted or bust)
- 1 break, split, or burst.
■ (bust up) (of a group or couple) separate.
- 2 chiefly N. Amer. strike violently.
- 3 chiefly N. Amer. raid or search (premises).
■ arrest.
- 4 chiefly US demote (a soldier).
- 1 a period of economic difficulty or depression.
- 2 a police raid.
- 3 a worthless thing.
- 4 chiefly N. Amer. a violent blow.
- 1 damaged or broken.
- 2 bankrupt: firms will go bust.
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