Definition of "bust"

(transitive, colloquial, chiefly US) To break.  examples

(transitive, slang) To arrest (someone) for a crime.

(transitive, slang) 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.

(snowboarding) An emphatic synonym of do or get.  examples

(US, informal) To reduce in rank.  quotations  examples

(finance, transitive) To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.  examples

(poker) To lose all of one's chips.  examples

(blackjack) To exceed a score of 21.  examples

(transitive, slang) To break in (an animal).  quotations

(transitive, slang) To break in (a woman or girl), To deflower  quotations

(intransitive, slang) To ejaculate; to eject semen or to squirt.  quotations

(journalism, intransitive) For a headline to exceed the amount of space reserved for it.  quotations  examples

(chess, slang) To refute an established opening.  quotations

(slang) The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.

(slang) A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.

(slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.

(chess, slang) A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.

(slang) A disappointment.

(sports, derogatory) A player who fails to meet expectations.  examples

(economics) The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.  examples

(slang, dated) A spree, unrestrained revel, or wild party.

(slang) Without any money, broke, bankrupt.

A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.  examples

The breasts and upper thorax of a woman.  examples