bust
buhst
- n a complete failure
- n the chest of a woman
- n a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
- n an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
they went on a bust that lasted three days - v ruin completely
He busted my radio! - v search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
- v separate or cause to separate abruptly
- v go to pieces
- v break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
- s lacking funds
- No one's calling it a bust, but the glittering city-state's heavy debt load poses a challenge for its future growth.
- For five years, while Producer Howard Hughes and film censors played put take with certain shots in The Outlaw, Jane Russell was only a box-office bust.