Discover the multifaceted word " bust ." This glossary entry delves into its history, meanings , and examples, making it a valuable resource for language enthusiasts. If you bust something, you have broken it. A bust can also be a statue of someone from the shoulders up. Be careful to not bust a bust on your next field trip! From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English bust1 /bʌst/ verb (past tense and past participle bust British English, busted especially American English) [transitive] 1 break informal to break something I bust my watch this morning. Tony busted the door down. 2 police a) if the police bust someone, they charge them with a crime He was busted by US inspectors at the border. bust somebody for something Davis got busted for drugs. b) informal if the police bust a place, they go into it to ... bust (third-person singular simple present busts, present participle busting, simple past and past participle busted or bust ) (transitive, colloquial, chiefly US) To break.
