bust

bust

noun

Definition of BUST

1

a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument <delivered a bust to the boxer's chops>

Synonyms bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, biff, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, douse [British], fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, larrup [dialect], lash, lick, pelt, pick, plump, poke, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, switch, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop (also whap)

Related Words counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstroke; body blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercut; cruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KO; bastinado (or bastinade), battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling (or cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing; flogging, walloping, whip, whipping

2

something that has failed <the first movie was a hit, but the sequel was an unexpected bust>

Synonyms bomb, bummer, bust, catastrophe, clinker, clunker, debacle (also d{eacute}b{acirc}cle), disaster, dud, fiasco, fizzle, flop, frost, lemon, loser, miss, shipwreck, turkey, washout

Related Words also-ran, disappointment, dog, has-been, near miss; botch, hash, mess, muddle, shambles; nonevent; nonstarter

Near Antonyms corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, phenomenon

Antonyms blockbuster, hit, smash, success, winner

slang

the act of taking or holding under one's control by authority of law <those lowlifes were nabbed for drug dealing in a massive bust last month>

Synonyms apprehension, arrestment, bust [slang], collar, pinch

Related Words raid; house arrest; capture, entrapment, seizure; captivity, confinement, detention, enchainment, hold, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, restraint; rearrest; remand

Near Antonyms emancipation, liberation, release

Antonyms discharge

4

a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking <a bunch of underage kids having a beer bust while the parents were away for the weekend>

Synonyms bender, binge, bust, carousal, drunk, jamboree, spree, toot, wassail

Related Words blowout, kegger (also keg party); bacchanalia, orgy, revel, revelry; bibbery, bibulousness, drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, jag, tipsiness