bustとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌst/
• 韻: -ʌst
• 異形同音異義語: bussed, bused

語源 1

From French buste < Italian busto, from Latin būstum.

名詞

bust (複数形 busts)

1. A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
2. The breasts and upper thorax of a woman.
3. (economics) The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
4. (slang) A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
5. (slang) A disappointment.

派生語

• bust improver
• busty
• overbust
• underbust

語源 2

From a variant of burst. Compare German Low German basten and barsten (“to burst”).

動詞

bust (三人称単数 現在形 busts, 現在分詞 busting, 過去形および過去分詞形 busted または bust)

1. (transitive, colloquial, chiefly US) To break.

   I busted my cooker while trying to fix it.

2. (transitive, slang) To arrest (someone) for a crime.
3. (transitive, slang) To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
4. (snowboarding) An emphatic synonym of do or get.

   He busted huge air off that jump!

5. (US, informal) To reduce in rank.

   He busted him down to patrolman for insubordination.

   • 1962, The Manchurian Candidate, 01:56:35

     If Steinkamp doesn't take off that hat and stop messing around, I'm gonna bust him into a PFC.

6. (finance, transitive) To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
7. (poker) To lose all of one's chips.
8. (blackjack) To exceed a score of 21.
9. (transitive, slang) To break in (an animal).
   • 1997, Charles Oswald, Gone with the Western Wind:

     A few weeks later, Richard was killed accidentally while busting a wild mustang […]

10. (intransitive, slang) To ejaculate; to eject semen.
11. (journalism, intransitive) For a headline to exceed the amount of space reserved for it.
    • 1990, Paul Williams, The Computerized Newspaper: A Practical Guide for Systems Users (page 105)

      The temptation to squeeze in a favourite headline that busts by using the flexibility of new technology is often very strong.

    • 2007, Rob Steen, Sports Journalism: A Multimedia Primer (page 167)

      If your headline busts (breaks the confines of the layout) you will know straightaway. Similarly, the computer will inform you, in terms of the number of lines, how much longer or shorter the copy is in relation to the space allotted.

同意語

• (to arrest for a crime): nick

派生語

名詞

bust (複数形 busts)

1. (slang) The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.

   a narcotics bust

2. (slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.
3. (chess, informal) A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
4. (sports, derogatory) A player who fails to meet expectations.

派生語

• or bust

形容詞

bust (not comparable)

1. (slang) Without any money, broke, bankrupt.

   After months of financial problems, the company finally went bust.

派生語

• bust up/bust-up
• busted (adjective)
• buster

アナグラム

• BTUs, TBUs, but's, buts, stub, tubs