Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bust out

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

Syllables
bust out
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To escape (from); break out.

Canadian usage; American usage; Informal; Intransitive verb

verb

To free from captivity.

Canadian usage; American usage; Informal; Transitive verb

verb

To reveal, to show; to appear.

American usage; Informal; Intransitive verb

verb

To bring out; to take out.

American usage; Informal; Transitive verb

verb

To burst out (laughing).

American usage; Informal; Intransitive verb

verb

To lose by going bust.

Intransitive verb

verb

To buy an interest in (a business) and then take out a large amount of debt, strip (the business) of assets and then cash out before (the business) goes into bankruptcy.

Dated; Slang; Transitive verb

verb

To have sex with (a woman); to bring (a woman) to orgasm.

Slang; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

busts out (present, singular) busting out (participle, present) busted out (participle, past) busted out (past)

Phrases

bust-out man

Synonyms

break out

Questions

What does bust out mean?
To escape (from); break out.

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