bust down
English
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editFrom burst.
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editNoun
editbust down (plural bust downs) (African-American Vernacular)
- A woman of easy virtue.
- 2003 March 25, “Dipset Anthem” (track 10), in Cam'ron of The Diplomats (lyrics), Diplomatic Immunity[1]:
- I'm on the west side of Chicago, looking for a bust-down
- 2019, “Bust Down” (track 10), in Deno Devon (lyrics), Broadys[2]:
- Only want a 10 not a bust down hoe
Not a bust down
That's why I keep fucking round looking for a 10 not a bust down
- (often attributive) A jewellery encrusted with diamonds, especially a wristwatch drilled and filled thus or with other gemstones.
- 2023, “Fuck U Betta”, in Lil Skies (lyrics), Life of a Dark Rose 2[4]:
- Okay, I came in with a bust down
Now these hoes notice me […] I bought a bust down, that's a new Patek, I'ma keep on ballin'
I give her good pipe every single night, why she keep on callin'
- 2022 March 16, “MATERIAL GIRL x SQUIDWARD NOSE”[5]:
- (Material girl) and I get it from my mammy
Balmain, bust downs, these hoes can't stand me […]
Deposit all accounts, baby, keep the cash flowin' (ching-ching)
Bust down wrist, but the bussdown keep 'em going (ow)
- An unsmoked half of a cigarette.
- Coordinate term: twos
Verb
editbust down (third-person singular simple present busts down, present participle busting down, simple past and past participle busted down) (African-American Vernacular)
- To make into shambles, to cause the disintegration into concrete pieces.
- Synonym: bruck down (MLE, Jamaica)
- 2015 September 27, “BUST IT DOWN”, H Tycoon (lyrics)[7]:
- Shorty bounce to the beat babygurl u got to
Make that ass work , work,work,work
Now Break It Down , bust it down , break it down
Bust it down , break it down , bust it down , break it down
Now that's work
- (transitive, slang) To attack, kill or knock down (someone).
- To cover with diamonds.
- Synonym: ice out
- 2018 March 7, “Bust It Down”, YFN Lucci (lyrics)[8]:
- I just bought the Rollie, 'bout to bust it down
- 2022 January 27, Brynn Wallner (lyrics and music), “Why Do People Get So Upset About Iced-Out Watches?”, in Harper's Bazaar[9]:
- while Audemars Piguet, Richard Mille, and, of course, Rolex watches are frequently customized, Patek Philippe watches are currently the ultimate watch to bust down.
- 2023, “Buss Me Down”, YoungThreat SRT (lyrics)[10]:
- (transitive) To insult or demean (someone).
- I'll bust him down until he cries.
- (transitive, slang) To share a cigarette with (someone).
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