3 (especially NAmE) to make sb lower in military rank as a punishment ( ) (#0.,    E1771 demote

M bust a gut (doing sth/to do sth) (informal) to make a great effort to do sth ^ A ( # ^  ) . . or

bust (informaf) used to say that you will try very hard to get somewhere or achieve sth (       ) :

For him it’s the Olympics or bust.

o     .bust 'up (informal) (of a couple, friends,

partners, etc. AST      MA^r) to have an argu­

ment and separate WPM; ft Baa break up; They bust up after five years of marriage.

T0 —related noun bust-up .bust sth*-'up (informal) to make sth end by disturbing or ruining it EEdbreak sth UP: It was his drinking that bust up his marriage.

unoun 1 a stone or metal model of a person’s head, shoulders and chest (  ^ H (ft ) ¥ MM 2 (used

especially when talking about clothes or measure­ments) a woman’s breasts or the measurement around the breasts and back ( AIh AMsKRtI' ) AT

: What is your bust measurement, Madam? &i[ft flfej A A? 3 {informal) an unexpected visit made by the police in order to arrest people for doing sth illegal «:    a drug bust

TlSrftSftqn 4 (NAmE) a thing that is not good Affl;     As a show it was a bust.

nadj. [not usually before noun] (informal) 1 (BrE) broken fifc#; : My watch is bust. ££ (ft J 0 2 (of a person or business TA^ikik) failed because of a lack of money H771 bankrupt : We’re bust!

T! 0 We lost our money when the travel company went bust.

bustard /‘bAstad; NAmE 'bAstard/ noun a large Euro­pean bird that can run fast   )

busted /'bAstid/ ad}, [not before noun] (NAmE, informal) caught in the act of doing sth wrong and likely to be punished ® ^ ^ M ft:   You are so busted! #    ^ i#

f±T!

bus ter /'bAsta(r)/ noun 1 (NAmE, informal) used to speak to a man you do not like °(A11 (ft J! T ) : Get lost, buster! T Tf, T T ! 2 (usually in compounds;

often used in newspapers   is]; 'MTU#)

a person or thing that stops or gets rid of sth jl ft] #; iRff#: crime-busters fri3Ei£?£3fr(ftA bus-tier /'bAstiei/ noun a woman’s tight top which does not cover the arms or shoulders bus-tie /'bAsl/ verb, noun

■                 verb [+adv./prep.] to move around in a busy way or to hurry sb in a particular direction KT'lt#; ( It A

) : [V] She bustled around in the kitchen. lifafE 0 [VN] The nurse bustled us out of

the room.

■                 noun 1 [U] busy and noisy activity ftfLutf #?; Ififfl: the hustle and bustle of city life ^TfiTiSEft P&faJIttt 2 [C] a frame that was worn under a skirt by women in the past in order to hold the skirt out at the back ( |B fltA

bust-ling /’bAslirj/ adj. ~ (with sth) full of people moving about in a busy way      ft ft (ft: a bustling

city EBffiftft (ftMA 0 The market was bustling with life.

'bust-up noun (informal, especially BrE) 1 a bad argument or very angry disagreement $1 (ft& (ft #• #1 HT1 row :      Sue and Tony had a bust-up and aren’t

speaking to each other. ftcfp J£      $ 7 ~ ^

TSito 2 the end of a relationship A

H771 break-up : the final bust-up of their marriage fMl

busty /'bAsti/ adj. (informal) (of a woman A T) having large breasts $ilii$T$t(ft busy Ow /‘bizi/ adj., verb m adj. (busier, busi-est)

► DOING STH  1 ~ (with sth/sb) having a lot to do;

perhaps not free to do sth else because you are working on sth ft# (ft; AB§l(ft: Are you busy tonight?

0 Kate’s busy with her homework. §l#IE o I’m afraid the doctor is busy at the