BUSTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does busted mean? 

• BUSTED (adjective)
  The adjective BUSTED has 1 sense:

1. out of working order ('busted' is an informal substitute for 'broken')

  Familiarity information: BUSTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUSTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Out of working order ('busted' is an informal substitute for 'broken')

Synonyms:

broken; busted

Context example:

the coke machine is busted

Similar:

damaged (harmed or injured or spoiled)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

 Context examples 

Smallpox in ’Onolulu, two broken legs in Shanghai, pnuemonia in Unalaska, three busted ribs an’ my insides all twisted in ’Frisco.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)