bust (n.)
- abase
- abasement
- ado
- apprehension
- arch
- arrest
- bacchanal
- bacchanalia
- backfire
- bag
- bang
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- barrow
- bat
- bender
- binge
- blast
- bomb
- boom
- boot
- booze
- bosom
- bounce
- bout
- box
- brass
- breach
- break
- breast
- brisket
- bum
- bump
- burst
- bustle
- cairn
- can
- capture
- carousal
- carouse
- carving
- cashier
- celebration
- cenotaph
- check
- chest
- chip
- chop
- clamor
- clap
- clash
- clout
- collapse
- collar
- column
- crack
- crash
- crisis
- cromlech
- crop
- cross
- cup
- debasement
- debauch
- degradation
- dement
- demerit
- demotion
- depression
- discharge
- doll
- dolly
- dolmen
- downgrade
- downturn
- drunk
- dud
- dug
- dummy
- escapade
- expansion
- failure
- figure
- figurehead
- figurine
- fire
- fissure
- fizzle
- flap
- fling
- flop
- flunk
- flurry
- fold
- fracture
- frost
- fulminate
- furlough
- furore
- fuss
- gentle
- grave
- gravestone
- growth
- hassle
- haymaker
- headstone
- hubbub
- inscription
- insolvency
- jag
- kick
- knock
- lark
- lemon
- loser
- low
- lower
- mama
- mammilla
- manikin
- mannequin
- marionette
- marker
- mausoleum
- megalith
- memento
- memorial
- menhir
- model
- monolith
- monument
- mound
- necrology
- netting
- nipple
- obelisk
- obituary
- orgy
- oust
- overdraft
- overthrow
- pap
- papilla
- paste
- pauper
- peak
- peaking
- pension
- pillar
- pinch
- plaque
- ploy
- poke
- potation
- pother
- prize
- prosperity
- punch
- puppet
- purge
- pyramid
- randy
- rap
- receivership
- recession
- recovery
- reduction
- release
- reliquary
- remembrance
- remove
- replace
- report
- revel
- ribbon
- ruin
- rupture
- sack
- scale
- scarecrow
- sculpture
- scuttle
- seizure
- shaft
- shoot
- shrine
- sink
- slam
- slap
- slat
- slowdown
- slump
- smack
- snap
- snowman
- sock
- splat
- split
- spree
- statuary
- statue
- statuette
- stela
- stone
- strip
- stupa
- surplus
- swap
- symposium
- tablet
- tame
- tap
- tear
- teat
- testimonial
- thorax
- thwack
- tit
- titty
- to-do
- tomb
- tombstone
- toot
- tope
- trophy
- tumult
- turkey
- turmoil
- udder
- uproar
- upturn
- washout
- wassail
- waxwork
- whack
- whirl
- whirlpool
- whirlwind
- whop
bust (v.)
- abase
- ado
- apprehend
- arch
- arrest
- backfire
- bag
- bang
- bankrupt
- barrow
- bat
- binge
- blast
- bomb
- boom
- boot
- booze
- bosom
- bounce
- bout
- box
- breach
- break
- breast
- bum
- bump
- burst
- bustle
- can
- capture
- carouse
- cashier
- check
- chip
- chop
- clamor
- clap
- clash
- clout
- collapse
- collar
- crack
- crash
- crop
- cross
- crump
- cup
- debase
- debauch
- deconsecrate
- defrock
- degrade
- demote
- deplume
- depose
- deprive
- detain
- dethrone
- detonate
- disbar
- discharge
- dismiss
- displace
- displume
- domesticate
- downgrade
- dummy
- excommunicate
- exfoliate
- expel
- explode
- fail
- figure
- fire
- fissure
- fizzle
- flap
- fling
- flop
- flunk
- flurry
- fold
- fracture
- frost
- fulminate
- furlough
- fuss
- gentle
- grave
- guzzle
- hassle
- housebreak
- humble
- impoverish
- jag
- kick
- knock
- lark
- liquidate
- low
- lower
- model
- mound
- nab
- oust
- overthrow
- paste
- pauperize
- peak
- pension
- pinch
- ploy
- poke
- pother
- prize
- pub-crawl
- punch
- purge
- pyramid
- rap
- reduce
- release
- remove
- replace
- report
- retire
- revel
- ruin
- rupture
- sack
- scale
- sculpture
- scuttle
- shaft
- shoot
- shrine
- sink
- slam
- slap
- slat
- slump
- smack
- snap
- sock
- splat
- split
- spree
- stone
- strip
- superannuate
- suspend
- swap
- tame
- tap
- tear
- thwack
- tomb
- toot
- tope
- trophy
- turkey
- udder
- unchurch
- unfrock
- unsaddle
- unseat
- wassail
- whack
- wham
- whap
- whirl
- whirlpool
- whomp
- whop
bust (adj.)
- ado
- arch
- bacchanal
- bacchanalian
- bag
- bang
- bankrupt
- bout
- breast
- bum
- can
- chip
- collar
- crack
- crop
- cross
- degrading
- drunk
- dud
- dummy
- figure
- fire
- fling
- fold
- gentle
- grave
- humble
- humbling
- knock
- low
- memorial
- model
- peaking
- poke
- prize
- randy
- release
- ribbon
- scale
- split
- statuary
- stone
- surplus
- tame
- tap
- testimonial
- to-do
- tomb
- whack
Can storied urn, or animated bust,
Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath?
Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust,
Or flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of death?
