burst /bûrst/

1. To break into pieces
2. To break open or cause to give way suddenly or by violence
3. To make or have (something) burst
4. To tear apart the perforated sheets of (continuous stationery)

1. To fly open or into pieces, esp owing to a force from within
2. To give way suddenly
3. To break forth or away
4. To force a way (through, etc)
5. To break suddenly into being, or into some condition, activity, or expression of feeling
6. To be full to the point of overflowing

1. An act, occasion or result of bursting
2. A sudden outbreak
3. A hard gallop
4. A spurt
5. A drunken bout (obs inf)
6. A measure of the strength of an envelope

Ruptured

burstˈer noun

1. A person or thing that bursts
2. Specif a machine that separates continuous stationery

burst binding noun

An unsewn bookbinding in which the gathered sections are perforated at the fold and glue is made to penetrate through the perforations

burstˈ-up noun

1. A complete break
2. Disruption
3. Commotion
4. Collapse
5. Failure

bust¹ /bust/

1. A sculpture representing the head and breast of a person
2. The upper front part of the human body, esp a woman's

bustˈed adjective

1. Breasted
2. Adorned with busts

bustˈy adjective (informal; of a woman)

Having a large bust

bust² /bust/ (informal)

1. To break, shatter
2. To make or become bankrupt

To exceed the required score

1. To arrest
2. To raid
3. To punch
4. To demote (military)

1. A drinking bout, spree
2. A police raid (slang)
3. A sudden collapse of the economy
4. A bad hand at cards
5. A punch (N American)

1. Ruined, penniless
2. Broken

bustˈer noun

1. Something large
2. A frolic (old sl)
3. A roisterer (old sl)
4. A horse-breaker
5. A form of address to a man or boy
6. A strong south wind (Aust)
7. Someone or something that destroys or shatters (esp as combining form, as in blockbuster)

bustˈing noun (esp as combining form)

busted flush see under flush³

bustˈ-up noun

1. A quarrel or disruption
2. A disturbance or brawl

bust a gut or one's butt

To work very hard to achieve something

bust up

1. To part after a quarrel or disagreement
2. To break up (a meeting)

go bust

1. To become bankrupt
2. To exceed the required score (darts, cards)

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