NOUN | event | bust, flop, fizzle | a complete failure |
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body | bust, female chest | the chest of a woman | |
artifact | bust | a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person | |
act | bust, tear, binge, bout | an occasion for excessive eating or drinking | |
VERB | contact | bust, break | ruin completely |
social | bust, raid | search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on | |
contact | bust, tear, rupture, snap | separate or cause to separate abruptly | |
contact | bust, break, wear, wear out, fall apart | go to pieces | |
change | bust, burst | break open or apart suddenly and forcefully | |
ADJECTIVE | all | bust, broke, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke | lacking funds |
Sounds | bah'st | |
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Rhymes | abolitionist ... zoologist: 193 rhymes with ahst... |
Meaning | lacking funds. | |
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Synonyms | broke, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke | |
Broader | poor | Having little money or few possessions |
Spanish | arruinado, pelado, sin un duro, sin un peso | |
Catalan | arruïnat, escurat, pelat, que no té diners |
Meaning | A complete failure. | |
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Synonyms | flop, fizzle | |
Narrower | turkey, bomb, dud | An event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual |
Broader | failure | An event that does not accomplish its intended purpose |
Spanish | descalabro, fiasco | |
Catalan | fracàs | |
Verbs | bust | ruin completely |
Meaning | The chest of a woman. | |
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Synonym | female chest | |
Part of | female body | The body of a female human being |
Broader | thorax, chest, pectus | The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates |
Spanish | busto | |
Adjectives | busty | (of a woman's body) having a large bosom / bosom and pleasing curves |
Meaning | A sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person. | |
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Broader | sculpture | A three-dimensional work of plastic art |
Spanish | busto | |
Catalan | bust |
Meaning | An occasion for excessive eating or drinking. | |
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Example | "they went on a bust that lasted three days" | |
Synonyms | tear, binge, bout | |
Narrower | piss-up | Vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking |
Broader | revel, revelry | unrestrained / unrestrained merrymaking |
Spanish | borrachera, castaña, cuchipanda, curda, francachela, melopea, parranda, tranca, turca | |
Catalan | borratxera, marrinxa, tabola, trompa |
Meaning | ruin completely. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "He busted my radio!" | |
Synonym | break | |
Cause to | break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart | go to pieces |
Narrower | break down | Cause to fall or collapse |
Broader | destroy, ruin | Destroy completely |
See also | bust up | smash / smash / smash / smash or break / break forcefully |
Opposite | repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on | restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn / torn or broken |
Similar to | break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart | go to pieces |
Spanish | estropearse, romperse, romper | |
Catalan | espatllar-se, trencar-se, trencar | |
Nouns | bust | a complete failure |
buster | a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something |
Meaning | Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonym | raid | |
Broader | attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on |
Spanish | atacar por sorpresa | |
Catalan | fer una batuda, saquejar |
Meaning | separate or cause to separate abruptly. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | tear, rupture, snap | |
Narrower | lacerate | cut or tear irregularly |
rend, rip, rive, pull | tear or be torn violently | |
shred, tear up, rip up | tear into shreds | |
Broader | separate, disunite, divide, part | Force, take, or pull apart |
Spanish | escindir, partir, quebrarse, rasgarse, rasgar | |
Catalan | escindir, esquinçar-se, esquinçar, estripar-se, estripar, partir, trencar-se |
Meaning | go to pieces. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Synonyms | break, wear, wear out, fall apart | |
Caused by | break, bust | ruin completely |
Entailed by | leak | Have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out |
Narrower | fray, frazzle | wear away by rubbing |
Broader | decay, crumble, dilapidate | fall into decay or ruin |
Similar to | break, bust | ruin completely |
Spanish | descomponerse, desmoronarse | |
Catalan | descompondre, fracturar-se, rompre's, trencar-se |
Meaning | break open or apart suddenly and forcefully. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonym | burst | |
Narrower | shatter | break into many pieces |
Broader | break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart | Become separated / separated into pieces or fragments |
Spanish | explotar | |
Catalan | explotar |
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