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bust

noun

  • an event with a displeasing outcome. See also non-bust.
    That party was a bust.

    Last edited on Sep 17 1997. Submitted by Amy from Brea, CA, USA on Sep 17 1997.

  • breasts.
    She's got a huge bust.

    Last edited on Dec 22 1998. Submitted by Zack T. on Dec 22 1998.

  • an event that the police have "busted", i.e. broken up, described in the verb section of this definition.
    This place is a bust... I'm audi.

    Last edited on Jul 27 2011. Submitted by Criscko on Jul 27 2011.

verb - ambitransitive

  • to rap.
    Can you bust?

    Last edited on Jul 25 2010. Submitted by Jessica from Chicago, IL, USA on Sep 05 2003.

verb - intransitive

  • to be very unattractive.
    She's busting!

    Last edited on Jul 18 2013. Submitted by Anthony from Hazlet, NJ, USA on Dec 06 2002.

  • to ejaculate. See also "bust a nut".
    Did you bust?

    Last edited on Dec 15 2010. Submitted by max v. on Apr 24 2009.

verb - transitive

  • to arrest; to be incarcerated.
    He got busted for drugs.
                                                                                                            

    Citation from "Chapter 3", The Confession (TV), Season 1 Episode 3 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
                                                                                                           

                                                                                                                                  

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    Citation from "Might Have Been", Rookie Blue (TV), Season 2 Episode 2 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
                                                                                                                                          

    Citation from "Chapter 13", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 7 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
    • See more words with the same meaning: to arrest.

    Last edited on Dec 20 2011. Submitted by D.J. Pabst from Stroudsburg, PA, USA on Dec 19 1997.

  • to cause a crowd to disperse; BREAK UP. While the police "bust" a party, rave, etc., they would typically "bust up" a fight.
    The cops busted the party.

    Last edited on Jul 25 2010. Submitted by D.J. Pabst from Stroudsburg, PA, USA on Dec 19 1997.

  • to catch someone doing something they shouldn't.
    His girlfriend busted him sleeping with her best friend.
                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                            

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    Citation from "Let's Go to the Hop", Family Guy (TV), Season 2 Episode 14 (2000) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
    • See more words with the same meaning: to catch.

    Last edited on Jan 12 2012. Submitted by John from Canada on Nov 16 1998.

  • to hurt one's self.
    He fell and busted his face on the curb.

    Last edited on Jul 25 2010. Submitted by Christina K. from Cleveland, TX, USA on Jan 12 1999.

  • to give to; hand over.
    Bust me that pen.
    • See more words with the same meaning: to give.

    Last edited on Jul 25 2010. Submitted by Tia from South Carolina, USA on Jun 24 1999.

  • to punch or hit.
    If you don't shut up I'm going to bust you in the mouth.

    Last edited on Jul 25 2010. Submitted by David R. from Navasota, TX, USA on Jan 11 2004.

  • to perform a turn in an automobile.
    At the light, bust a left.

    Last edited on Jul 25 2010. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 05 2005.

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bust over

verb - transitive

  • to give to; hand over.
    Bust over the salt.
    • See more words with the same meaning: to give.

    Last edited on May 06 2011. Submitted by Tia from South Carolina, USA on Jun 24 1999.

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drop

noun

  • a secret delivery.
    The drop is scheduled for 0600 hours this Saturday.
    • See more words with the same meaning: to give.

    Last edited on Apr 19 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

  • a place where secret deliveries are made.
    • See more words with the same meaning: to give.

    Last edited on Sep 02 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

  • a small drink of liquor.

    Last edited on Nov 27 2013. Submitted by Chuck S. on Nov 27 2013.

  • big ass.
    She got that drop!

    Last edited on Nov 27 2013. Submitted by Chuck S. on Nov 27 2013.

  • an item left behind in video games (usually in MMORPG)
    That monster doesn't have any good drops.

    Last edited on Dec 11 2013. Submitted by Chuck S. on Dec 11 2013.

  • a hoe.

    Last edited on Dec 11 2013. Submitted by Chuck S. on Dec 11 2013.

  • a nice expensive car, usually a convertible.

    Last edited on Dec 11 2013. Submitted by Chuck S. on Dec 11 2013.

verb - intransitive

  • to be released to the public. Typically used to refer to artistic works, especially music albums.
    My album drops on the first of the month.
                                                                    

    Citation from Warning: article may contain image(s) not suitable for the workplace: "Miley Cyrus can't be tamed, dances with a stripper", Entertainment Weekly - PopWatch, 10 December 2012 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Mar 22 2015. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 04 2003.

  • to die.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

    Citation from "Never Let Me Go", Alphas (TV), Season 1 Episode Episode 5 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
    • See more words with the same meaning: to die.

    Last edited on Dec 25 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 25 2012.

verb - transitive

  • to take drugs, usually LSD ("acid") or Ecstasy (MDMA).
    He dropped acid last night.

    Last edited on Feb 15 2002. Submitted by Paul P. from Flagstaff, AZ, USA on Feb 15 2002.

  • to kill.
    I can drop a target from a mile away.

    Last edited on Jan 03 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 03 2013.

  • to spend.
    I dropped a huge chunk of change on my new place.

    Last edited on Apr 18 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Apr 18 2013.

  • to knock someone down.
    Damn! Billy dropped that kid.

    Last edited on Nov 27 2013. Submitted by Chuck S. on Nov 27 2013.

  • to disconnect someone online from room or lobby (usually in video games).
    This guy is annoying, drop him.

    Last edited on Dec 11 2013. Submitted by Chuck S. on Dec 11 2013.

  • to take a urine drug test.

    Last edited on Dec 11 2013. Submitted by Chuck S. on Dec 11 2013.

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  • "Drop" as in "to release to the public" introduces ambiguity when adopted by traditional news outlets and other users of traditional meanings. For example, in the following headline, has Pandora released or removed a Harry Potter collection?
                                                         

    Citation from CNN headline censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Nov 28 2019. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 28 2019.

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hook up

  • get a good word in for yourself to a person you're interested in dating.
    Can you get me the hook-up with that girl over there?

    Last edited on Jul 24 2002. Submitted by Brittney from Pine Bluff, AR, USA on Jul 24 2002.

  • What a hooker does.
    That hooker is hooking up major john.

    Last edited on Aug 09 2017. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 09 2017.

noun

  • a person who provides illegal drugs.
    Do you need a hookup?

    Last edited on May 10 1998. Submitted by Rogue from CA, USA on May 10 1998.

  • a connection for merchandise. Especially used for illegal merchandise.
    Want beer? I've got the hook-up.
    I got the hook-up on that cell phone you wanted.

    Last edited on Aug 09 2010. Submitted by Audrey M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Jan 22 1999.

  • sexual activity, though typically not coitus. Usually implies more than kissing or "making out." Making out + touching breasts would qualify as a "hook up."
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

    Citation from ""Bachelor Pad" premieres", Salon, Chris Le, Aug 9 2010 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Aug 09 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 09 2010.

verb

  • to meet up with someone.
    I hooked up with the rest of my group at his Halloween party.

    Last edited on May 10 1998. Submitted by Rogue from CA, USA on May 10 1998.

verb - intransitive

  • to engage in (usually non-committal) sexual activity, though typically not coitus. Usually implies more than kissing or "making out." Making out + touching breasts would qualify as "hooking up."
    They hooked up last night after the party.
                                                           

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    Last edited on Nov 03 2011. Submitted by Rogue from CA, USA on May 10 1998.

  • to enter into a relationship.
    How did your parents hook up?
                                                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                     

    Citation from "Francine's Flashback", American Dad (TV), Season 1 Episode 4 (2005) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Nov 20 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 20 2011.

  • to engage in casual sexual intercourse with someone.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        

    Citation from "Who Really Killed Local KRBC Reporter Jennifer Servo", Hub Pages, Ethan King, August 5, 2020 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Nov 17 2022. Submitted by Anonymous on Nov 17 2022.

verb - transitive

  • a request, when used alone.
    You've got chocolate? Hook me up!

    Last edited on Oct 01 2001. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 01 2001.

  • to give.
    He hooked me up with some dinner.
                                                                     

                                                                    

                            

                                        

                                  

    Citation from "Pilot", Alphas (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
    • See more words with the same meaning: to give.

    Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 01 2001.

  • to put a person in a favorable position.
                                                            

                                                                                             

    Citation from "Lobsterfest", Bob's Burgers (TV), Season 1 Episode 12 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
                                    

                                

                                                    

    Citation from "Pilot", Alphas (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
    • See more words with the same meaning: to help.

    Last edited on Jul 25 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 20 2011.

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