bust out meaning (informal): definition, quotations

bust out

verbalso spelled bust-out

8 senses

1To escape (from); break out.
2To free from captivity.
3To reveal, to show; to appear.
4To bring out; to take out.
5To burst out (laughing).
6To lose by going bust.
7To buy an interest in (a business) and then take out a…
8To have sex with (a woman); to bring (a woman) to orgasm.

Canada, US, Informal To escape (from); break out.

to bust out of prison

Canada, US, Informal To free from captivity.

They tried to bust the prisoner out, but were thwarted by the police.
building the kind of solidarity which will finally bust us out of the closet.1971, Gate, “Open Letter To Allan Oxside”, in Body Politic, number 1, page 3:

US, Informal To reveal, to show; to appear.

The signs are everywhere: there are bells and tinsel on street lamps, shoppers on the sidewalks and Santas busting out all over.1977 November 26, Kate Wheeler, “Talk of Our Town: Parade Toasts Polar Visitor”, in The Miami Herald, 1st edition, 67th year, number 361, Miami, Fla., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2-B, column 5:

US, Informal To bring out; to take out.

They decided it was time to bust out the good hooch.

US, Informal, Nonstandard To burst out (laughing).

Blackjack, Games To lose by going bust.

Dated, Slang To buy an interest in (a business) and then take out a large amount of debt, strip (the business) of assets and then cash out before (the business) goes into bankruptcy.

Slang To have sex with (a woman); to bring (a woman) to orgasm.

African-American Vernacular

Derived terms: bust-out man

bust-out

noun

Slang An escape attempt, usually from a prison.

Dated, Slang An attempt at cheating, such as gambling with weighted dice.

Dated, Slang A commercial bankruptcy caused for deliberate and nefarious purposes by organized crime; any deliberately contrived bankruptcy.

Derived terms: bust-out man