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bust
verb- to arrest someone US, 1940
- “That’s because the local pushers probably got busted,” Hassan cautioned. — Ross Russell, The Sound, p. 86, 1961
- She told the group how she had been busted. — James Mills, The Panic in Needle Park, p. 33, 1966
- How I came to be busted at Heathrow I don’t know. — Doug Lang, Freaks, p. 15, 1973
- A midnight call from a friend: “I’ve been busted!–the guy propositioned me! Please get me out!” — John Rechy, The Sexual Outlaw, pp. 98–99, 1977
- to catch someone with evidence of guilt; to report on someone US, 1960
- Oh, that’s just great. Are you busted? — Ferris Buehler’s Day Off, 1986
- I was sorry for busting you on that. — As Good As It Gets, 1997
- to inform the police; in later use especially, to inform the police about illicit drugs UK, 1859
- — Home Office, Glossary of Terms and Slang Common in Penal Establishments, July 1978
- to inform on a fellow prisoner UK
- — Sean McConville, The State of the Language, 1980
- to insult someone US
- — National Education Association Today, April 1985: “A glossary for rents and other squids”
- to praise and promote something US
- — Anna Scotti and Paul Young, Buzzwords, p. 116, 1997
- to give someone something, to lend someone something US
- Tre, bust me a ride to the store. — Boyz N The Hood, 1990
- in pontoon (blackjack, vingt-et-un), to exceed 21 points UK, 1939
- — Jerry L. Patterson, Blackjack, p. 20, 1978
- in pool, to break to start a game US
- — Steve Rushin, Pool Cool, p. 6, 1990
- when driving, to turn in a new direction US
- Bust a left at the light! — Menace II Society, 1993
- “Bust a left, Russ,” instructed Ron[.] — Greg Williams, Diamond Geezers, p. 47, 1997
- in the used car business, to reduce a car in price US
- The salesman will try to bust the customer’s trade-in value, and the customer will try to bust the price of the salesman’s car. — Peter Mann, How to Buy a Used Car Without Getting Gypped, p. 188, 1975
- to smoke a marijuana cigarette UK, 1998
▶ bust a box
to break into a safe US- Can you bust a box, if you have to? — Robert Edmond Alter, Carny Kill, p. 102, 1966
- I was supposed to be the best box-man in the country and as I look back, I must have busted four hundred boxes and lifted more than a million. — Red Rudensky, The Gonif, p. 6, 1970
▶ bust a cap- to shoot a gun US
- The sister ran out and said, “Call the law!” / And I bust two caps right dead in her jaw. — Bruce Jackson, Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me, p. 49, 1965
- You better shut up fool! ’N haul ass ’less you want t’get a cap busted in it! — Odie Hawkins, Ghetto Sketches, p. 12, 1972
- Them people are going to come to in a minute and we’re going to have more damn caps busting, more dogs barking than you ever heard in your life. — Bruce Jackson, In the Life, p. 324, 1972
- Awww shit! Niggas is bustin’ caps fuck that[.] — DAS-EFX Hard Like a Criminal, 1992
- Can’t go to a movie the first week it opens. Why? Because niggers are shooting at the screen. “This movie is so good I gotta bust a cap in here.” — Chris Rock, Rock This!, p. 20, 1997
- to use drugs US
- — Eugene Landy, The Underground Dictionary, p. 43, 1971
▶ bust a few
to surf US- — Vann Wesson, Generation X Field Guide and Lexicon, p. 32, 1997
▶ bust a grape
in prison, to commit a foolish act as a result of a sense of intense desperation US- — Charles Shafer, Folk Speech in Texas Prisons, p. 199, 1990
▶ bust a gut
to make a great effort UK, 1912
Originally a dialect term.▶ bust a move- to make a move; to take action; to dance US, 1984
- Amanda busted her moves[.] — Wayne Anthony, Spanish Highs, p. 84, 1999
- — Don R. McCreary (Editor), Dawg Speak, 2001
- to move quickly US
- — Judi Sanders, Don’t Dog by Do, Dude!, p. 5, 1991
▶ bust a stop sign
to ignore a stop sign US- Let’s see, did I ever tell you about the big dude I stopped for busting a stop sign out front of your place? — Joseph Wambaugh, The Blue Knight, p. 156, 1973
▶ bust a trick
in foot-propelled scootering, to achieve success in a difficult manoeuvre UK- If you bust a trick, you’ve got it right! — Ben Sharpe, Scooter Crazy, p. 40, 2000
▶ bust jungle
to break through a jungle with a tank or armoured carrier US
Vietnam war usage.- We mounted up and moved off, and while we busted jungle I kept looking back at Stepik[.] — Larry Heinemann, Close Quarters, p. 68, 1977
- — Linda Reinberg, In the Field, p. 119, 1991
- They called it “busting jungle,” where armored vehicles literally made a road through the forest by knocking trees down. — Tom Clancy with Fred Franks Jr, Into the Storm, 1991
▶ bust laugh
to laugh out loud US
Hawaiian youth usage.- — Douglas Simonson, Pidgin to da Max Hana Hou, 1982
▶ bust someone’s balls
to tease someone relentlessly, provoking their anger US, 1955- Busting his balls? If I was busting your balls, I’d send you home for your shine box. — Goodfellas, 1990
- The Sheriff’s lookin’ to bust your balls. — Casino, 1995
- [T]hey just sit in the kitchen playin’ chess all day. An’ decidin’ the universe. An’ bustin’ everyone’s balls. — Nick Barlay, Curvy Lovebox, p. 32, 1997
▶ bust someone’s drawers
to have sex, seen as a conquest US- Yeah, I’ve bust them draws once. But I just met her. I need time to get to know her. — New Jack City, 1990
▶ bust suds
to wash dishes US- — Hermese E. Roberts, The Third Ear, 1971
▶ bust the mainline
to inject a drug into a vein US, 1938- Do you go in the skin or do you bust the mainline? — Douglas Rutherford, The Creeping Flesh, p. 104, 1963
▶ bust the rut; bust a rut
to blaze a trail AUSTRALIA
From the Northern Territory.- — Ernestine Hill, The Teritory, 1951
▶ bust your boiler
to over-exert yourself NEW ZEALAND- And there’s no need to bust your boiler. — Frank Sargeson, That Summer, p. 41, 1946
▶ bust your buns
to exert yourself; to try hard US- Don’t be afraid to try the newest sport around / (Bust your buns, bust your buns now). — Jan Berry and Dean Torrance, Sidewalk Surfin’, 1964
▶ bust your chops
to harass or provoke someone US, 1953- Okay, Reggie, start bustin’ my chops. Tell me how great you were with that chick. — 48 Hours, 1982
- Jimm’s busting my chops. — Goodfellas, 1990
- Dad, have you been busting Ted’s chops? — Something About Mary, 1998
▶ bust your conk
to feel very happy, especially under the influence of a drug US- — Kenn “Naz” Young, Naz’s Underground Dictionary, p. 18, 1973
▶ bust your guts out
to over-exert yourself NEW ZEALAND- He got on to me about smoking in the shed. No sense bustin ya guts out. — Gordon Slatter, A Gun in my Hand, p. 23, 1959
▶ bust your hump
to work extremely hard UK- This was assuredly not the publication I’d busted my hump to preserve[.] — Mick Farren, Give the Anarchist a Cigarette, p. 147, 2001
▶ bust your nut
to experience an orgasm US- They say, "Make me hot when a sucker get up on top a me and don’t make me bust my nut." — Bruce Jackson, Get Your Ass in the Water and Swim Like Me, p. 103, 1964
- She lay with her arms spread, like a female Christ or a woman who has just busted her nuts[.] — Clarence Cooper Jr, The Farm, p. 5, 1967
- He busted his nuts, feeling the tongue working around the bottom of his member taking care of his johnson[.] — Steve Cannon, Groove, Bang, and Jive Around, p. 137, 1969
- Just then the earth gave a quiver, the ground gave a crut / Everybody in town knew Big Dick had busted his nut. — Anonymous (“Arthur”), Shine and the Titanic, p. 14, 1971
- After she had bust her nuts three or four times she wanted me to pop it to her in the ass. — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 109, 1973
- Back before Slick, when she was chambermaiding at the Malar Inn and putting out for free she used to bust her nut all the time. — John Sayles, Union Dues, p. 189, 1977
- I became somewhat self-conscious and proceeded to move my butt around, with the head of my penis doubling her hairy lips back into her vagina. I wanted to bust my nuts now. — Bobby Seale, A Lonely Rage, p. 136, 1978
- Which is more important to you: a fortune in diamonds or busting a nut? — Kevin Smith, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, p. 94, 2001
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