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busted

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbʌs.tɪd/ / /ˈbʌs.təd/

adj

Etymology: From bust + -ed. See bust (Etymology 1).

  1. Broke; having no money.

    I'd like to help you, but I'm busted.

  2. Caught in the act of doing something one shouldn't do.

    I saw you take that cookie from the cookie jar! You're busted!

    Plus, to be honest, the look on his face when he realized how very busted they were was worth far more than the fifty dollars I paid for their dinner.

  3. Extremely ugly.

    She was cute, but all her friends were busted.

    ok this gals bod is hot but her face is busted

  4. Tired.
  5. Broken.
  6. Extremely overpowered.

    While not all of his matches went well, the streamer insisted aim assist was busted.

verb

Etymology: From bust + -ed. See bust (Etymology 1).

  1. simple past and past participle of bust