1. To exert a significant amount of energy to do, accomplish, or complete something, especially with great haste.I've been busting my hump all night long to get this presentation ready for tomorrow's meeting.She's going to have to bust her hump if she wants a place on the varsity team...
bustone'snuts todo somethingSl.to work very hard to do something. (The expressions withballsandnutsare said typically, but not necessarily, of a male. Potentially offensive. Use only with discretion.)I've been busting my nuts to get this thing done on time, and now they don't want it...
1.used as a verb If youbustsomething, you break or damage it so badly that it cannot be used. Note that you only usebustwith this meaning in conversation. You do not use it in formal writing. She found out about Jackbustingthe double-bass. ...
I only said one dumb thing—quit busting on me! 2. To physically attack one. That group of kids looks dangerous, like they're just waiting to bust on some unsuspecting passerby. See also: bust, on Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved. bust on ...