(bust) noun
1. The human chest or breast.
2. A piece of statuary representing the human head, shoulders, and breast. [<F buste <Ital. busto trunk of the body]

(bust) Slang v.t.
1. To burst.
2. To tame; train; as a horse.
3. To make bankrupt or short of funds.
4. To reduce in rank; demote.
5. To hit; strike.
—v.i.
6. To burst.
7. To become bankrupt or short of funds.
—noun
1. A bankruptcy.
2. Any failure; flop; dud.
3. A spree of any kind.
4. An arrest. [Alter. of BURST]