Concept cluster: Actions > Breaking or damage
v
Alternative form of ball-bust [(slang) To attack or harm the testicles of; to engage in ballbusting.]
v
(transitive, slang) To arrest (someone) for a crime.
adj
(rare, Canada, US, slang) Extremely cold.
v
(US, idiomatic) To make a joke concerning; to ridicule or make fun of.
v
(blackjack, intransitive) To lose by going bust.
n
(slang, dated) A commercial bankruptcy caused for deliberate and nefarious purposes by organized crime; any deliberately contrived bankruptcy.
n
(gambling, slang) A cheat who surreptitiously exchanges normal dice with crooked ones such as "busters".
n
Pronunciation spelling of buster. [(chiefly colloquial, with 'of') Someone who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing.]
adj
(of an offense) That one may be busted for
n
(UK, idiomatic) Anything which ends up worthless despite great potential.
n
(television) A pilot that fails to be developed into a series.
n
(US, slang) A person who has lost power or abilities; a has-been
n
(art, now rare) A bust.
n
(idiomatic, US, prison slang) A severe head injury resulting from a beating.
adj
(Australia, slang) Caught doing something illegal or against the rules.
adj
(slang) Synonym of broke: without any money.
n
(slang) A prank in which a person's underpants are pulled up sharply from behind in order to wedge the clothing uncomfortably between the person's buttocks.

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