(economics, finance, business) Featuring or characterized by a boom and bust cycle in a market or an economy, in which rapid price increase is followed by falling prices or recession.

Alternative form of boom and bust, a pattern of great prosperity followed by recession

Alternative form of boom-and-bust, featuring or characterized by a boom and bust cycle

(slang) An escape attempt, usually from a prison. / (slang, dated) An attempt at cheating, such as gambling with weighted dice.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bust out

A decrease in the birthrate.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bust a gut

simple past tense and past participle of bust a gut

plural of busted flush

(informal, intransitive) To escape (from); break out. / (informal, transitive) To free from captivity. / (US, informal, intransitive) To reveal, to show. / (US, informal) To bring out, to take out.