bust

/bˈʌst/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

verb

1. ruin completely
   “He busted my radio!”
2. search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
   “The police raided the crack house”
3. separate or cause to separate abruptly
   “The rope snapped”
4. go to pieces
   “The lawn mower finally broke”
5. break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
   “The dam burst”

adjective

1. lacking funds
   “`skint' is a British slang term”

noun

1. a complete failure
   “the play was a dismal flop”
2. the chest of a woman
3. a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
4. an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
   “they went on a bust that lasted three days”

Synonyms for bust

• break
• raid
• tear
• rupture
• snap
• wear
• wear out
• fall apart
• burst
• broke
• skint
• stone-broke
• stony-broke
• poor
• flop
• fizzle
• female chest
• binge
• bout

Words that rhyme with bust

• thrust
• just
• trust
• rust
• dust
• adjust
• combust
• crust
• must
• robust
• disgust
• distrust
• encrust
• incrust
• lust
• mistrust
• unjust
• entrust
• readjust
• antitrust
• cussed
• gust
• nonplussed
• sawdust
• stardust
• wanderlust
• ameritrust
• blust
• brust
• bused