Busted

Word BUSTED
Character 6
Hyphenation busted
Pronunciations /ˈbʌstəd/

Definitions and meanings of "Busted"

What do we mean by busted?

Smashed or broken. adjective

Out of order; inoperable. adjective

Bankrupt or out of funds. adjective

Tamed or broken. adjective

Placed under arrest. adjective

Broken; bankrupt; ruined: as, a busted bank; a busted miner.

Adorned with busts.

Inoperable due to damage; broken; -- of a machine. adjective

Arrested for committing a crime; -- of a person. adjective

Same as demoted; -- said especially of military rank, and often folowed by to. adjective

Same as exhausted; -- of people. adjective

Broke; having no money. adjective

Caught in the act of doing something one shouldn't do. adjective

Extremely ugly. adjective

Tired. adjective

Broken. adjective

Simple past tense and past participle of bust. verb

Having a certain type of bust (breasts; cleavage). adjective

Out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken') adjective

(often used in combination with an adjective) Having a certain type of bust (breasts; cleavage).

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The word "busted" in example sentences

And when Ryan Torain busted free for a 13-yard run, Portis gave him a huge high-five as they crossed paths on the field. ❋ Dan Steinberg (2010)

The absolute lightning reaction speed of just about any animal turning on the juice after you're busted is something to behold. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But bad management too, financial problems for the city, a prison riot, and in his third term busted for using crack cocaine. ❋ Unknown (2006)

First there's somebody with my name busted for heroin in New Orleans a week ago, then yet another Gary Burnett appears here via David Gans. ❋ Robert Hunter (2005)

The Indians could no more be measured and "busted" -- as the professor calls the making of plaster casts -- than could the liquor they had drunk. ❋ Frederick Starr (1895)

THE Jesus wasn’t overly religious either — in fact the reason he got busted is he advocated for getting rid of complex, ossified organized religion. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When the mutawwa'in busted the party that led to Marcos’s deportation, they separated the “showgirls” wearing drag from the rest of the partygoers, and then asked everyone but the drag queens to line up against the wall for the dawn prayer. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I love that you used the word busted — even if you just meant beat up, I’m going to imagine that you meant it as slang for ugly. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ain't that good psycho-ology, as Blister says when he calls a busted flush? " ❋ William MacLeod Raine (1912)

A great drama will now play out in Albany, one that will determine whether Spitzer is still a comer or what, in another generation, would be called a busted phenom. ❋ Margolick, David (2008)

He was painfully shy and self-conscious about what Billy called his busted head. ❋ Bachman, Richard (2007)

Today's customers, after all, are the same folks who were floored a few years ago when their teenager's texts or their spouse's phone calls busted over their plan limits and left them with a triple-digit bill. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I got "busted" because I had shotgun shells visible on the floor of my car. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Flannery O'Connor's portrait got a positive verdict – She looks kind of busted up, y'know? ❋ Benedicte Page (2010)

You will have to avoid being "busted" by the hen as well as the toms. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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