bust

bust
bust
1. bust [bʌst] n
1) (statue) Büste f
2) (breasts) Büste f, Busen m; (circumference) Brustumfang m, Brustweite f, Oberweite f;
large/small \bust (breasts) großer/kleiner Busen;
(circumference) große/kleine Oberweite n
modifier (measurement, size) Brust-
2. bust [bʌst] n
1) (recession) [wirtschaftlicher] Niedergang;
(bankruptcy) Pleite f
2) (sl) Razzia f;
drug \bust Drogenrazzia f
3) (Am) (fam: punch) [Faust]schlag m adj
pred, inv fam
1) (broken) kaputt, hinüber (fam)
2) (bankrupt)
to go \bust bankrottgehen, Pleite machen (fam) vt <bust or (Am usu) busted , bust or (Am usu) busted>
1) (fam: break)
to \bust sth etw kaputtmachen (fam)
2) (fam: beat)
to \bust a record einen Rekord brechen
3) (Am) (sl: arrest)
to \bust sb jdn festnehmen sch, univ
he got \busted cheating er wurde beim Spicken erwischt (fam)
PHRASES:
to \bust one's arse [or (Am) ass] (fam!) sich akk kaputtmachen (fam), sich dat den Arsch aufreißen (derb)
to \bust a gut (fam!: work hard) sich dat ein Bein ausreißen (fam) (laugh) sich akk kaputtlachen (fam)

English-German students dictionary . 2013.

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