bust

transitive verb

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

of a gun, to shoot (one or more rounds);

of a person, to fire (a gun);

of a person, to shoot (someone or something)

Categories Weapons

Collocates shot¹⁵, slug¹³, gat⁸, tool⁷, four fifth⁴, shotty³, gauge³, props², spit², sawed-off², thug², tote², trey pound², vest², round², booyaka², bust a nut², Calico², strap², chrome², heat², nina², glock², Phillie², po-po², blaze, block, bolo, bruh, bumrush, bust, bust, bust down, bust down, bwoy, cap, chopper, Cristal, deep, deuce deuce, Eagle, 44, fresh, G, ghetto, got, green, grill, hard, heater, Henny, hood, hootie hoo, hops, hype, K, keep it real, kick, knot, lac, MAC-10, no homo, oowop, peep, punk, rap, rap, ride, roscoe, shell, shotta, slang, Smith & Wess, snaps, spit, steel, street-sweep, street-sweeper, stripes, TEC, threads, thug, toast, toast, trap, whip, wick-wack, wild, word is bond, word up, yo, blicky, Range Rov, fifth, shit, crazy, clip, crew, ayo, crack, dome, dump, figures, four pound, I'mma, knuckle up, maintain, thugged-out, wig, 12-gauge, 30-30, 40, 9 millimeter, A to the K, and shit, angel dust, beef, biscuit, bitch

Derivatives bust a cap, bust a nut

Domains Violence

Synonyms clip, dump, gat, gauge, let off, slang, spray up

Timeline

1987-03-03 Boogie Down Productions "Criminal Minded" [Criminal Minded]
I bust more shots than they ever did
1987 UTFO "Diss" [Lethal]
Right here on the spot, bustin you in the knot
1990-07-17 Boogie Down Productions "100 Guns" [Edutainment]
Bust two shots ina the bwoy head top

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bust

transitive verb

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to examine;

to listen to

Collocates yo¹³, beat², battle, blunt, bruh, buster, bust, corner, correct, diss, dusted, fam, four pound, freak, fresh, front, I'mma, kilo, let off, rapper, re-up, rhyme, rift, roll, spliff, hoe, skeezer, ayo

Synonyms check

Timeline

1984 Kurtis Blow "Under Fire" [Ego Trip]
Bust my moves, you'll never stop me
1985-01-21 Run-D.M.C. "You're Blind" [King of Rock]
If you bust these facts, you will persevere
1985 UTFO "Roxanne, Roxanne" [UTFO]
Educated rapper, huh, bust this

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bust

intransitive verb

Published on April 4, 2020, 5:07 a.m.

of a gun, to shoot ammunition;

of a person, to fire a gun

Categories Weapons

Collocates gat³, tool³, blaow², booyah², dump², Eagle², sawed-off², I'mma², po-po², Calico², beef², buck, buck, bumrush, burner, bust, cabbage, drop, drop-top, ends, fly, gauge, ghetto bird, glock, hard white, hate, heater, hoe, hood, knuck, Mac, MAC-11, maintain, murk, no homo, O.G., on the grind, on swoll, on the daily, one-time, pound, punk, QBC, rap, shotty, show and prove, snatch, snitch, snub, spot, static, strapped, stripes, TEC, thug, touch, twerk, vest, word is bond, jack boy, throw down, spray, 12-gauge, four pound, 44, Ac, around the way, bammer, bang, bitch, block

Domains Violence

Synonyms dump, let off, spit

Timeline

1990-08-07 CPO "Homicide" [To Hell & Black]
About to bust like a lunatic, snatch the gauge and the MAC
1990 King Sun "Soft Shoe Booty" [Righteous But Ruthless]
If you catch me in a chest, bust, I'm in a vest
1992-02-04 Sir Mix-A-Lot "Swap Meet Louie" [Mack Daddy]
She's strapped an' she's ready to bust

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bust

transitive verb

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to perform (a rap)

Collocates rhyme¹⁰, rap⁸, bust a cap², snaps², yo², ill², 64², son², Cali, dap, def, drop science, feel, fess, finna, flow, freak, freestyle, G, -iggity, holmes, jam, L.I., loc up, loco, MC, on wax, patty duke, props, shit, what up, wick-wack, ya heard, yo, Belve

Derivatives bust a move

Domains Music

Synonyms bring, drop, kick, rap, rhyme, spit

Related concepts flow, freestyle, MC, put it down, rap, rapper, rapping, throw down, turn it out

Timeline

1984-10-17 Whodini "Freaks Come Out At Night" [Escape]
Before I could bust a rhyme on the mic, freaks are all over me like white on rice
1986-05-15 Run-D.M.C. "Raising Hell" [Raising Hell]
Signifyin, we won't play around, bust it!
1986-05-15 Run-D.M.C. "Is It Live" [Raising Hell]
When I bust my rap, they all step back

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bust

intransitive verb

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to ejaculate

Collocates bitch⁴, hoe², telly, trip

Domains Sex

Etymology Derives from bust a nut

Synonyms bust a nut

Timeline

1986 Too $hort "Blow Job Betty" [Raw, Uncut, & X-Rated]
If I put it all in it, bust straight through her neck
1986 Too $hort "The Bitch Sucks Dick" [Raw, Uncut, & X-Rated]
A nigga all juiced up when they bust into the bitch's mouth
1993-03-30 Onyx "Slam" [Bacdafucup]
Hurry up and give me the microphone before I bust in my pants

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bust

intransitive verb

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to rap

Collocates Air Max, front, MAC-10, on wax, rip, third coast, bust, d-boy, gat, rap

Domains Music

Synonyms flow, rap, rhyme, spit

Timeline

1987 Ultramagnetic MCs "A Chorus Line" [Travelling At The Speed of Thought]
The hell can we ever trust, Ced Gee when he starts to bust
1992-03-17 Ultramagnetic MCs "Chorus Line Pt. 2" [Funk Your Head Up]
I load the mic up and bust like a MAC 10
1997-11-18 MJG "Shine & Recline" feat. 8Ball [No More Glory]
Bust on wax and rip tracks by T-Mix

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