busted
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
See bust (Etymology 1)
Adjective edit
busted (comparative more busted, superlative most busted)
- (often used in combination with an adjective) Having a certain type of bust (breasts; cleavage).
Etymology 2 edit
From bust + -ed. See bust (Etymology 2).
Adjective edit
busted (comparative more busted, superlative most busted)
- (slang) Broke; having no money.
- I'd like to help you, but I'm busted.
- (slang) Caught in the act of doing something one shouldn't do.
- I saw you take that cookie from the cookie jar! You're busted!
- 2009, S. Bear Bergman, “New Year” (essay), in The Nearest Exit May Be Behind You, →ISBN, ReadHowYouWant.com (2010), page 66:
- Plus, to be honest, the look on his face when he realized how very busted they were was worth far more than the fifty dollars I paid for their dinner.
- (slang) Extremely ugly.
- She was cute, but all her friends were busted.
- 2004 July 30, Ms Pnoopie Pnats, “talking about hot or not...”, in alt.support.shyness (Usenet):
- ok this gals bod is hot but her face is busted
- (slang) Tired.
- (slang) Broken.
- (video games, slang) Extremely overpowered.
- 2022 March 25, Jason Parker, “"I'm not even aiming!": xQc says controller aim assist is broken in Fortnite”, in Sportskeeda[1]:
- While not all of his matches went well, the streamer insisted aim assist was busted.
Synonyms edit
- (tired): Thesaurus:fatigued
- (broken): Thesaurus:broken, Thesaurus:out of order
Translations edit
having no money
caught in the act
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Verb edit
busted
- simple past and past participle of bust