(economics, finance, business) A pattern of high prices in a given market or in the entire economy followed by ruinously low prices, falling production, and bankruptcies by producers; prosperity followed by recession.

simple past tense and past participle of bust up

simple past tense and past participle of bust ass

(idiomatic, mildly vulgar) To work hard, especially when trying to achieve a goal. / (idiomatic, vulgar) To fart.

plural of bust-out

plural of bust-up

(African-American Vernacular, idiomatic, transitive) To dance. / (African-American Vernacular, idiomatic, transitive) To seduce, make a move on.

(idiomatic, informal) To clean dust off something, such as with a vacuum cleaner.

(slang) An angry argument.

(Canada, US, slang) To work or try very hard. / (Canada, US, slang) To develop a pain in the side from laughing hard.