bust out (English, verb)
expansion: bust out (third-person singular simple present busts out, present participle busting out, simple past and past participle busted out or (colloquial) bust out)
Senses:
glosses: To escape (from); break out.
tags: informal
intransitive
glosses: To free from captivity.
tags: informal
transitive
glosses: To reveal, to show.
tags: US
informal
intransitive
glosses: To bring out; to take out.
tags: US
informal
glosses: To burst out (laughing).
tags: US
informal
nonstandard
topics: blackjack
games
glosses: To lose by going bust.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To buy an interest in a business and then take out a large amount of debt, strip the business of assets and then cash out before the business goes into bankruptcy.
tags: dated
slang
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To have sex with (a woman); to bring (a woman) to orgasm.
tags: slang
Forms:
form: busts out
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: busting out
tags: participle
present
form: busted out
tags: participle
past
form: busted out
tags: past
form: bust out
tags: colloquial
participle
past
form: bust out
tags: colloquial
past