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noun 
  1. the sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders
  2. the breasts and upper thorax of a woman
  3. (slang) the act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation: a narcotics bust
  4. (slang) a failed enterprise; a bomb
verb 
  1. alteration of burst
  2. to break something
  3. (slang) to arrest for a crime
  4. (slang) to catch someone in the act of doing something wrong or illegal.
  5. (snowboarding): An emphatic to do
He busted huge air off that jump!
adjective 
  1. (slang) without any money, broke
Etymology: (noun) From buste. (verb) From the verb burstVerb, to burst.


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