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

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

3. Informal.
• to burst.
• to bankrupt; ruin financially.
4. to demote, especially in military rank or grade: He was busted from sergeant to private three times.
5. to tame; break: to bust a bronco.
6. Slang.
• to place under arrest: The gang was busted and put away on narcotics charges.
• to subject to a police raid: The bar has been busted three times for selling drinks to minors.
7. Informal.
• to hit.
• to break; fracture: She fell and busted her arm.

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

14. bankrupt; broke.

15. bust up, Informal.
• to break up; separate: Sam and his wife busted up a year ago.
• to damage or destroy: Soldiers got in a fight and busted up the bar.

16. to fight with the fists; strike or thrash another.
17. bust on, Slang.
• to attack physically; beat up.
• to criticize or reprimand harshly.
• to make fun of or laugh at; mock.
• to inform on.
18. to make an extreme effort; exert oneself.

1. the chest of a human being, esp a woman's bosom
2. a sculpture of the head, shoulders, and upper chest of a person

1. to burst or break
2. to make or become bankrupt
3. (of the police) to raid, search, or arrest
4. to demote, esp in military rank
5. to break or tame (a horse, etc)
6. to punch; hit
7. bust a gut See gut (def. 9)

8. a raid, search, or arrest by the police
9. a punch; hit
10. a failure, esp a financial one; bankruptcy
11. a drunken party

12. broken
13. bankrupt
14. to become bankrupt

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