📖 Definitions of "Busting"
- 1
To break.
"I busted my cooker while trying to fix it."
- 2
To arrest (someone) for a crime.
- 3
To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
- 4
An emphatic synonym of do or get.
"He busted huge air off that jump!"
- 1
The process of something being broken or exploded.
- 1
(often followed by "to go to...") Urgently needing to urinate.
"Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm busting."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Busting"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| wearverb | (transitive) To have on: |
| bendernoun | (slang) A bout of heavy drinking. |
| snapnoun | A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound. |
| breakverb | (ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly. |
| rupturenoun | A burst, split, or break. |
| burstverb | (intransitive) To break from internal pressure. |
| raidnoun | (military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle. |
| tearverb | A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation. |
| tootnoun | (countable) The noise of a horn or whistle. |
| flopnoun | (intransitive, informal) To fail completely; not to be successful at all (of a movie, play, book, song etc.). |
| fall apartverb | To disintegrate, to break into pieces. |
| bingenoun | (transitive, intransitive, often with on) To engage in a short period of excessive consumption, especially of excessive alcohol or media consumption. |
| wear outverb | To cause (something) to become damaged, useless, or ineffective through continued use, especially hard, heavy, or careless use. |
| booze-upnoun | (informal) A session of heavy drinking. |
| stone-broke | Alternative form of stone broke. [(slang) Synonym of broke: without any money.] |
| stony-broke | Alternative form of stony broke. |
| poornoun | With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them. |
| skint | (slang, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland) Penniless, poor, impecunious, broke. |
| brokeverb | (informal) Without any money, penniless. |
| bronconoun | A horse of western North America that is wild or not fully broken. |
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