bust vs tan

bust

verb
  • To arrest (someone) for a crime. 

  • For a headline to exceed the amount of space reserved for it. 

  • To catch (someone) in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state. 

  • To undo a trade, generally an error trade, that has already been executed. 

  • To break in (a woman or girl), To deflower 

  • To break. 

  • To exceed a score of 21. 

  • To break in (an animal). 

  • An emphatic synonym of do or get. 

  • To ejaculate; to eject semen. 

  • To refute an established opening. 

  • To lose all of one's chips. 

  • To reduce in rank. 

noun
  • A police raid or takedown of a criminal enterprise. 

  • The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation. 

  • A refutation of an opening, or of a previously published analysis. 

  • A player who fails to meet expectations. 

  • A failed enterprise; a bomb. 

  • A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders. 

  • The downward portion of a boom and bust cycle; a recession. 

  • A disappointment. 

  • The breasts and upper thorax of a woman. 

adj
  • Without any money, broke, bankrupt. 

tan

verb
  • To kill by gun, to shoot. 

  • To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner. 

  • To spank or beat. 

  • To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun. 

num
  • The second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and parts of Yorkshire, for counting sheep, and stitches in knitting. 

adj
  • Yellowish-brown. 

  • Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun or an artificial process intended to mimic this effect. 

noun
  • Synonym of picul, particularly in Cantonese contexts. 

  • A yellowish-brown colour. 

  • A twig or small switch. 

  • A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources. 

  • An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh 

  • The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained. 

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