[bʌst], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a sculpture of a person's head, shoulders, and chest
(e.g: Epstein concentrated increasingly on bronze portrait busts)

- a woman's chest as measured around her breasts
(e.g: a 36-inch bust)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century (denoting the upper part or torso of a large sculpture): from French buste, from Italian busto, from Latin bustum ‘tomb, sepulchral monument’

[bʌst], (Verb)

Definitions:
- break, split, or burst
(e.g: they bust the tunnel wide open)

- (of the police) raid or search (premises where illegal activity is suspected)
(e.g: my flat got busted)


Phrases:
- — or bust

Origin:
mid 17th century (originally in the sense ‘burst, break, fall to pieces’): variant of burst

[bʌst], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a period of economic difficulty or depression
(e.g: the boom was followed by the present bust)

- a raid or arrest by the police
(e.g: a drug bust)

- a worthless thing
(e.g: cynics remain convinced the political process is a bust)

- a violent blow
(e.g: a bust on the snout)


Phrases:
- — or bust

Origin:
mid 17th century (originally in the sense ‘burst, break, fall to pieces’): variant of burst

[bʌst], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- damaged or broken
(e.g: the vacuum cleaner's bust)

- bankrupt
(e.g: six of their sponsors have gone bust)


Phrases:
- — or bust

Origin:
mid 17th century (originally in the sense ‘burst, break, fall to pieces’): variant of burst