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bust
Synonyms and Antonyms of bust
1
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, biff, blow, bop, box, buffet, 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)
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
2
something that has failed
corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, phenomenon
blockbuster, hit, smash, success, winner
3
slang
the act of taking or holding under oneʼs control by authority of law
4
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking
blowout, kegger (also keg party)
bacchanalia, orgy, revel, revelry
bibbery, bibulousness, drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, jag, tipsiness
bust
Synonyms and Antonyms of bust
1
to bring to a lower grade or rank
2
to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts
3
to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly
doctor, fix, heal, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair
4
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
batter, beat, buffet, bung, chop, cuff, drub, lace, lambaste (or lambast), lick, mangle, maul, pelt, pepper, pommel, pummel, rough
bump, butt, jab, jostle, kick, knee, poke, prod, push, shove, stamp
bowl (down or over), cream, deck, dump [slang], fell, floor, knock down, level
cane, club, cudgel, flail, flog, lash, sap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, spear, stab, switch, thrash, whip
hang one on
5
slang
to take or keep under oneʼs control by authority of law
6
to use up all the physical energy of
wear to a frazzle
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