bust vs punch

bust

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

  • 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. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • 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 arrest (someone) for a crime. 

  • 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. 

punch

noun
  • An extension piece applied to the top of a pile; a dolly. 

  • A mechanism for punching holes in paper or other thin material. 

  • A hole or opening created with a punch. 

  • Impact. 

  • Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Dodona of Asia. 

  • A prop, as for the roof of a mine. 

  • Power, strength, energy. 

  • A device, generally slender and round, used for creating holes in thin material, for driving an object through a hole in a containing object, or to stamp or emboss a mark or design on a surface. 

  • A hit or strike with one's fist. 

  • A blow from something other than the fist. 

  • A beverage, generally containing a mixture of fruit juice and some other beverage, often alcoholic. 

verb
  • To employ a punch to create a hole in or stamp or emboss a mark on something. 

  • To strike with one's fist. 

  • To thrust against; to poke. 

  • To enter (information) on a device or system. 

  • To herd. 

  • To mark a ticket. 

  • To make holes in something (rail ticket, leather belt, etc) 

  • To operate (a device or system) by depressing a button, key, bar, or pedal, or by similar means. 

  • In winemaking, to perform pigeage: to stamp down grape skins that float to the surface during fermentation. 

  • To hit (a ball or similar object) with less than full force. 

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