Bussed vs Bust - What's the difference?
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(bus),
(buss)
(automotive) A motor vehicle for transporting large numbers of people along roads.
An electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components.
(medical industry, slang) An ambulance.
(transitive, automotive, transport) To transport via a motor bus.
(transitive, automotive, transport, chiefly, US) To transport students to school, often to a more distant school for the purposes of achieving racial integration.
(intransitive, automotive, transport) To travel by bus.
(transitive, US, food service) To clear meal remains from.
(intransitive, US, food service) To work at clearing the remains of meals from tables or counters; to work as a busboy.
A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders
The breasts and upper thorax of a woman
To break something
(slang) To arrest for a crime
(slang) To catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
(snowboarding) An emphatic to do
(US, informal) To reduce in rank.
* 1962 , , 01:56:35
(poker) To lose all of one's chips.
(blackjack) To exceed a score of 21.
(slang) The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation:
(slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.
(sports, derogatory) A player who fails to meet expectations.
(chess, informal) A refutation of an opening, or of previously published analysis.
(slang) without any money, broke
As verbs the difference between bussed and bust
is that bussed is past tense of bus, an alternative spelling of nocap=1 lang=en while bust is to break something.As a noun bust is
a sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.As an adjective bust is
without any money, broke.bussed
English
Verb
(head)bus
English
(wikipedia bus)Noun
(en-noun)Synonyms
* (vehicle) coach, loser cruiser, motorbus, omnibus * (electrical conductor) electrical bus, busbar, digit trunkDerived terms
{{der3, booze bus , busbar , bus duct , bus lane , short bus , bus route , bus stop , bustitution , back end of a bus, look like the back end of a bus}}Verb
- He bussed tables as the restaurant emptied out.
- He’s been bussing for minimum wage.
Usage notes
The Canadian Oxford Dictionary only presents the spellings (buses), (busing), and (bused), implying that these are the predominant forms in Canada.Derived terms
* (clear meal remains) busboybust
English
(wikipedia bust)Etymology 1
From (etyl) buste < (etyl) busto, probably from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* busty * overbust * underbustEtymology 2
From the verb .Verb
(en verb)- If Steinkamp doesn't take off that hat and stop messing around, I'm gonna bust him into a PFC.
Synonyms
; to arrest for a crime : nickDerived terms
* bust a cap * bust a gasket * bust a move * bust a nut * bust ass cold * bust loose * bust one's ass * bust one's balls * bust one's chops * bust out * bust upNoun
(en noun)- a narcotics bust