bust
English
/ˈbʌst/
noun
Definitions
- A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
- The breasts and upper thorax of a woman.
- (economics) The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
- (slang) A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
- (slang) A disappointment.
Etymology
Derived from French buste derived from Italian busto (torso, trunk) derived from Latin būstum (tomb, burial mound, place for burning funeral pyres).
Origin
Latin
būstum
Gloss
tomb, burial mound, place for burning funeral pyres
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ball-buster English
- blockbuster English
- brainbuster English
- broncobuster English
- buster English
- busthead English
- bustily English
- bustiness English
- bustline English
- busto English
- busty English
- chartbuster English
- cloud English
- cloudbust English
- cloudbuster English
- crimebuster English
- cultbuster English
- dambuster English
- doorbuster English
- drugbuster English
- facebuster English
- gangbuster English
- ghostbuster English
- gutbuster English
- head English
- line English
- middlebuster English
- myth English
- mythbust English
- overbust English
- quackbuster English
- racketbuster English
- ratebuster English
- rodbuster English
- slumpbuster English
- sodbuster English
- spinebuster English
- stressbuster English
- tankbuster English
- thirst-buster English
- trustbuster English
- unbusty English
- underbust English
- unionbuster English
- bustum Latin
- būstum Latin
- Baumstamm German
- Büste German
- bustaia Italian
- busto Italian
- copribusto Italian
- imbusto Italian
- mezzobusto Italian
- soprabbusto Italian
- busc French
- buste French
- bustier French
- бюст Russian
- βοῦστον Ancient Greek
- バスト Japanese
- biust Polish
- busta Irish
- buste Danish
- bista Serbo-Croatian
- bust Catalan, Valencian
- büst Turkish
- buste Middle French
- buast Dalmatian
- büst Crimean Tatar
- myth
- head
- line
- busty
- cloud
- busto
- buster
- unbusty
- bustily
- busthead
- bustline
- mythbust
- overbust
- underbust
- bustiness
- dambuster
- cloudbust
- gutbuster
- sodbuster
- rodbuster
- gangbuster
- tankbuster
- ratebuster
- facebuster
- doorbuster
- cultbuster
- drugbuster
- ghostbuster
- ball-buster
- slumpbuster
- chartbuster
- blockbuster
- cloudbuster
- quackbuster
- brainbuster
- spinebuster
- unionbuster
- crimebuster
- trustbuster
- broncobuster
- racketbuster
- stressbuster
- middlebuster
- thirst-buster