A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.
Ambition sighed: she found it vain to trust
The faithless column, and the crumbling bust.
The portion of the human figure included between the head and waist, whether in statuary or in the person; the chest or thorax; the upper part of the trunk of the body.
A woman's bosom{2}.
bust
v. t.
To arrest, for committing a crime; -- often used in the passive; as, the whole gang got busted. [informal]
bust
v. i.
To break or burst. [informal]
In blackjack, to draw a card that causes one's total to exceed twenty-one. (Card Playing)
To go bankrupt.
Phrases & Compounds
to go bust
to go bankrupt.
or bust
or collapse from the effort; -- used in phrases expressing determination to do something; as, Oregon or bust, meaning “We will get to Oregon or die trying.”