| NOUN | event | bust, flop, fizzle | a complete failure |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abolitionist ... zoologist: 193 rhymes with ahst... | |
| Meaning | lacking funds. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | sculpture | A three-dimensional work of plastic art |
| Spanish | busto | |
| Catalan | bust | |
| Meaning | An occasion for excessive eating or drinking. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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