busting
/ˈbʌstɪŋ/ · verb
Meaning
- To break.
- To arrest (someone) for a crime.
- 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.
- An emphatic synonym of do or get.
- To reduce in rank.
- To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed.
- The process of something being broken or exploded.
- (often followed by "to go to...") Urgently needing to urinate.
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