Usually means: Caught or broken, no longer functioning.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word busted:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. busted: Merriam-Webster
  2. busted: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. busted: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. busted: Collins English Dictionary
  5. busted: Vocabulary.com
  6. Busted, bu'sted, busted: Wordnik
  7. busted: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. busted: Wiktionary
  9. busted: Dictionary.com
  10. busted: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Busted (Cheap Trick album), Busted (Harlan Howard song), Busted (Johnny Cash song), Busted (Ray Charles song), Busted (band), Busted (film), Busted (horse), Busted, Busted: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. busted: Rhymezone
  13. busted: FreeDictionary.org
  14. busted: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. busted: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. busted: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. busted: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. busted: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. busted: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. busted, busted, busted: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Busted: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Texas Hold'em Dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See bust as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (often used in combination with an adjective) Having a certain type of bust (breasts; cleavage).
adjective:  (slang) Broke; having no money.
adjective:  (slang) Caught in the act of doing something one shouldn't do.
adjective:  (slang) Extremely ugly.
adjective:  (slang) Tired.
adjective:  (slang) Broken.
adjective:  (video games, slang) Extremely overpowered.

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