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busted

adjectiveadjectiveverbcommon in dialogue

  • //ˈbʌs.tɪd//
  • //ˈbʌs.təd//

Having a certain type of bust (breasts; cleavage).

adjective

  1. 1

    Having a certain type of bust (breasts; cleavage).

    Some dolls made in Italy had eyes which could follow one about, others made of felt that had their hair dressed and dyed in grey, silver, or blonde, and wore velvet drainpipe trousers and lace brassières over their slightly busted fronts.

Etymology

See bust (Etymology 2)

adjective

  1. 1

    slangBroke; having no money.

    I'd like to help you, but I'm busted.

  2. 2

    slangCaught in the act of doing something one shouldn't do.

    I saw you take that cookie from the cookie jar! You're busted!

    Plus, to be honest, the look on his face when he realized how very busted they were was worth far more than the fifty dollars I paid for their dinner.

  3. 3

    slangExtremely ugly.

    She was cute, but all her friends were busted.

    ok this gals bod is hot but her face is busted

  4. 4

    slangTired.

  5. 5

    slangBroken.

  6. 6

    slangExtremely overpowered.

    While not all of his matches went well, the streamer insisted aim assist was busted.

Etymology

From bust + -ed. See bust (Etymology 1).

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of bustsimple past and past participle of bust

Forms

comparative
more busted
superlative
most busted
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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