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- US Pronunciation
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- [buhst]
- /bʌst/
- /bʌst/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [buhst]
- /bʌst/
Definitions of busted word
- adjective busted caught out doing something wrong and therefore in trouble 3
- verb without object busted Informal. to burst. to go bankrupt. to collapse from the strain of making a supreme effort: She was determined to make straight A's or bust. 1
- verb without object busted Cards. Draw Poker. to fail to make a flush or straight by one card. Blackjack. to draw cards exceeding the count of 21. 1
- verb with object busted Informal. to burst. to bankrupt; ruin financially. 1
- verb with object busted to demote, especially in military rank or grade: He was busted from sergeant to private three times. 1
- verb with object busted to tame; break: to bust a bronco. 1
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Origin of busted
First appearance:
before 1755 One of the 47% newest English words
1755-65; variant of burst, by loss of r before s, as in ass2, bass2, passel, etc.
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Parts of speech for Busted
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
busted popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
busted usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for busted
adj busted
- bad off — If you are bad off, you are in a bad situation.
- beat-up — Informal. dilapidated; in poor condition from use: a beat-up old jalopy.
- beggared — a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- broken — Broken is the past participle of break.
- cliched — If you describe something as clichéd, you mean that it has been said, done, or used many times before, and is boring or untrue.
adjective busted
- bankrupted — Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- worn — past participle of wear.
verb busted
- copped — to catch; nab.
- disbarred — to expel from the legal profession or from the bar of a particular court.
- disconfirmed — Simple past tense and past participle of disconfirm.
- disrated — Simple past tense and past participle of disrate.
- domiciliated — to domicile.
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