Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bust sth up
Participle: bust sth up
Gerund: busting sth up
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bust sth up |
| you | bust sth up |
| he;she;it | busts sth up |
| we | bust sth up |
| you | bust sth up |
| they | bust sth up |
Perfect
| I | have bust sth up |
| you | have bust sth up |
| he;she;it | has bust sth up |
| we | have bust sth up |
| you | have bust sth up |
| they | have bust sth up |
Past
| I | bust sth up |
| you | bust sth up |
| he;she;it | bust sth up |
| we | bust sth up |
| you | bust sth up |
| they | bust sth up |
Pluperfect
| I | had bust sth up |
| you | had bust sth up |
| he;she;it | had bust sth up |
| we | had bust sth up |
| you | had bust sth up |
| they | had bust sth up |
Future
| I | will bust sth up |
| you | will bust sth up |
| he;she;it | will bust sth up |
| we | will bust sth up |
| you | will bust sth up |
| they | will bust sth up |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bust sth up |
| you | will have bust sth up |
| he;she;it | will have bust sth up |
| we | will have bust sth up |
| you | will have bust sth up |
| they | will have bust sth up |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bust sth up |
| you | bust sth up |
| he;she;it | bust sth up |
| we | bust sth up |
| you | bust sth up |
| they | bust sth up |
Perfect
| I | have bust sth up |
| you | have bust sth up |
| he;she;it | have bust sth up |
| we | have bust sth up |
| you | have bust sth up |
| they | have bust sth up |
Imperfect
| I | bust sth up |
| you | bust sth up |
| he;she;it | bust sth up |
| we | bust sth up |
| you | bust sth up |
| they | bust sth up |
Pluperfect
| I | had bust sth up |
| you | had bust sth up |
| he;she;it | had bust sth up |
| we | had bust sth up |
| you | had bust sth up |
| they | had bust sth up |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bust sth up |
| you | would bust sth up |
| he;she;it | would bust sth up |
| we | would bust sth up |
| you | would bust sth up |
| they | would bust sth up |
Perfect
| I | would have bust sth up |
| you | would have bust sth up |
| he;she;it | would have bust sth up |
| we | would have bust sth up |
| you | would have bust sth up |
| they | would have bust sth up |
Imperative
| you | bust sth up |
| we | Let's bust sth up |
| you | bust sth up |
Verbs conjugated like 'bust'
beset,
broadcast,
burst,
bust,
cost,
crosscut,
cut,
forecast,
hit,
hurt,
inset,
let,
misread,
overset,
overspread,
put,
read,
rebroadcast,
recut,
relet, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bust'
best,
bost,
buist,
bunt,
burst,
bus,
bush,
busk,
buss,
busy,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Etymology
1. 1691, "sculpture of upper torso and head," from Fr. buste, from It. busto "upper body," from L. bustum "funeral monument, tomb," originally "funeral pyre," perhaps shortened from ambustum, neut. of ambustus "burned around," pp. of amburere "burn around, scorch," from ambi- "around" + urere "to burn." Sense development in It. probably from Etruscan custom of keeping dead person's ashes in urn shaped like the person when alive. Meaning "bosom" is 1819; busty is first attested 1944.
2. From Middle English busten, a variant of bursten, bresten (“to burst”). Compare Low German basten, a variant of barsten (“to burst”). Cognate with burst and bost. See: Low Saxon 'basten'.
Sample Sentences
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I busted my cooker while trying to fix it.
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Aaron got busted by the feds for leaking confidential government documents on Reddit.
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We want to bust the myth that real men don't eat quiche.
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He busted huge air off that jump!
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He busted him down to patrolman for insubordination.
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If Steinkamp doesn't take off that hat and stop messing around, I'm gonna bust him into a PFC. [1962, The Manchurian Candidate, 01:56:35]
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A few weeks later, Richard was killed accidentally while busting a wild mustang […] [1997, Charles Oswald, Gone with the Western Wind:]
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Smith hears Nancy's protests - "Don't ... no, please don't." - when Hicock menaces her with "You ever had a man?" Finding Hicock rubbing her thigh as she whimpers in fear, Smith confronts him about his intentions, and Hicock says, "First, I'm going to bust that little girl." Smith tells him no, but Hicock replies, "What do you care? You can bust her too." [2014, Tison Pugh, Truman Capote: A Literary Life at the Movies, page 127:]
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I busted a fat one just wackin' it to the selfie she sent me.
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After ten times we fucked, I think I bust twice
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He was nice, kept my neck filled with ice [1996, Lil' Kim, “Not Tonight”:]
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The temptation to squeeze in a favourite headline that busts by using the flexibility of new technology is often very strong. [1990, Paul Williams, The Computerized Newspaper: A Practical Guide for Systems Users, page 105:]
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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. [2007, Rob Steen, Sports Journalism: A Multimedia Primer, page 167:]
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So is the King's Gambit really busted? [2012 April 2, Frederic Friedel, “Rajlich: Busting the King's Gambit, this time for sure”, in ChessBase:]
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He busted his glock.
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He's always busting on you.
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Bust a left turn.