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    where does bust originate from

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    A sculpture representing a person's head, shoulders, and upper chest.
    A woman's bosom.
    The human chest.
    [French buste, from Italian busto, possibly from Latin bustum, sepulchral monument.]


    bust2 (b?st)


    v., bust·ed, bust·ing, busts.
    v.tr.
    Slang.
    To smash or break, especially forcefully: "Mr. Luger worked it with a rake, busting up the big clods, making a flat brown table" (Garrison Keillor).
    To render inoperable or unusable: busted the vending machine by putting in foreign coins.
    To cause to come to an end; break up: an attempt to bust the union.
    To break or tame (a horse).
    To cause to become bankrupt or short of money: "Too often, the promise of a high-tech design leads to a weapon that busts the budget" (Business Week).
    Slang. To reduce in rank. See synonyms at demote.
    To hit; punch.
    Slang.
    To place under arrest.
    To make a police raid on.
    v.intr.
    Slang.
    To undergo breakage; become broken.
    To burst; break: "Several companies have threatened to bust out of their high-wage contracts by the dubious technique of declaring bankruptcy" (Washington Post).
    To become bankrupt or short of money.
    Games. To lose at blackjack by exceeding a score of 21.
    n.
    A failure; a flop: "The home-style bean curd is a bust, oily and rubbery" (Mark and Gail Barnett).
    A state of bankruptcy.
    A time or period of widespread financial depression: "Bankers consider the region's diversified economy to be good protection against a possible real estate bust" (American Banker).
    A punch; a blow.
    A spree: a fraternity beer bust.
    Slang.
    An arrest.
    A raid.
    idiom:
    bust (one's) butt (or ass) Vulgar Slang

    Dardaigh

    Hmmm, methinks the gentleman doth knoweth a thing or two on the subject! :-)

    Hah, sounds like I have a lisp.

    Yep ROMOS has put the lot every meaning

    melandrupert

    ROMOS :-)

    Boom



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