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[ adjective ] (used informally especially of bones) fractured
Examples "my arm is busted" "I got my head busted in the fight" "can't play with a busted baseball bat" Used in print (Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)`` Might get there faster walkin '' ' , Lord drawled , `` seein ' as how I got a busted front spring . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] suddenly and violently broken open especially from internal pressure
Examples "a burst balloon" "burst pipes" "burst seams" "a ruptured appendix" (`busted' is an informal term for `burst' as in "a busted balloon") Related terms |
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[ adjective ] out of working order
Synonyms Examples "a broken washing machine" "the coke machine is broken" (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken' as in "the coke machine is busted") Related terms |
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