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How to pronounce “bust”

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Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of bust with real speech in context.
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Real speech example: Follow the MoneyWe have got a lack of self-esteem to say at the moment when our banks are bust, when our
Definition summary: (transitive, colloquial, chiefly US) To break.

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How to pronounce bust

Follow the Money

We have got a lack of self-esteem to say at the moment when our banks are bust, when our

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Meaning

[Verb]
(transitive, colloquial, chiefly US) To break.
(transitive, slang) To arrest (someone or a group of people) for a crime.
(transitive, 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.
(transitive) To debunk, dispel (a belief).
(snowboarding) An emphatic synonym of do or get.
(US, informal) To reduce in rank.
(finance, transitive) To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
(poker) To lose all of one's chips.
(blackjack) To exceed a score of 21.
(transitive, slang) To break in (an animal).
(transitive, slang) To break in (a woman or girl), to deflower
(intransitive, vulgar, slang) To ejaculate; to eject semen or to squirt.
(journalism, intransitive) For a headline to exceed the amount of space reserved for it.
(chess, slang) To refute an established opening.
(slang, African-American Vernacular, transitive) To shoot (a gun).
(slang, African-American Vernacular, intransitive) To attack, hit or insult (someone).
(slang) To do or perform; to move quickly.
[Noun]
(slang) The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
(slang) A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise.
(slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.
(chess, slang) A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis.
(slang) A disappointment.
(sports, derogatory) A player who fails to meet expectations.
(economics) The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession.
(slang, dated) A spree, unrestrained revel, or wild party.
[Adjective]
(slang) Without any money, broke, bankrupt.

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How to pronounce “bust”

Pronunciation guide for bust

How to pronounce bust

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We have got a lack of self-esteem to say at the moment when our banks are bust, when our

the bubble and the bust incorrectly so I

in the craze of the 1890s, and then a real bust in 1900,

bust

good chance that the dealer's gonna bust. I think you'll still win."

all these different sort of booms and busts.

was the big bust of John Foster Dulles that

Both, if we're honest, a bust.

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