Basted vs. Busted

Bastedverb

simple past tense and past participle of baste

Bustedadjective

(often used in combination with an adjective) Having a certain type of bust breasts; cleavage.

Bastedadjective

Having been cooked by basting.

Bustedadjective

(slang) Broke; having no money.

‘I'd like to help you, but I'm busted.’;

Bustedadjective

(slang) Caught in the act of doing something one shouldn't do.

‘I saw you take that cookie from the cookie jar! You're busted!’;

Bustedadjective

(slang) Extremely ugly.

‘She was cute, but all her friends were busted.’;

Bustedadjective

(slang) Tired.

Bustedadjective

(slang) Broken.

Bustedverb

simple past tense and past participle of bust

Busted

Inoperable due to damage; broken; - of a machine; as, the coke machine is busted.

Busted

Arrested for committing a crime; - of a person; as, the rock star was busted for coke possession..

Busted

same as demoted; - said especially of military rank, and often folowed by to; as, he was busted to corporal for being AWOL.

Busted

same as exhausted; - of people.

Bustedadjective

(used informally especially of bones) fractured;

‘my arm is busted’; ‘I got my head busted in the fight’; ‘can't play with a busted baseball bat’;

Bustedadjective

suddenly and violently broken open especially from internal pressure (`busted' is an informal term for `burst');

‘a burst balloon’; ‘burst pipes’; ‘burst seams’; ‘a ruptured appendix’; ‘a busted balloon’;

Bustedadjective

out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken');

‘a broken washing machine’; ‘the coke machine is broken’; ‘the coke machine is busted’;