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bust
Synonyms and Antonyms of bust
- delivered a bust to the boxerʼs chops
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
- the first movie was a hit, but the sequel was an unexpected bust
corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, phenomenon
blockbuster, hit, smash, success, winner
- those lowlifes were nabbed for drug dealing in a massive bust last month
- a bunch of underage kids having a beer bust while the parents were away for the weekend
blowout, kegger (also keg party)
bacchanalia, orgy, revel, revelry
bibbery, bibulousness, drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, jag, tipsiness
bust
Synonyms and Antonyms of bust
- the commander threatened to bust her for failing to salute
- gambling is a dangerous habit that has busted many unfortunate souls
- the butterfingered husband had busted more plates than he cared to remember
doctor, fix, heal, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair
- busted the storekeeper on the nose and was promptly arrested for it
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
- the cops busted the revelers for drinking in public
- I had to bust my butt in order to get the project done on time
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