Used in a Sentence

busting

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for busting.

Editorial note

Just about every other industry has to worry about Compsec researchers busting in and screaming that the end is nigh.

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Quick take

(colloquial) The process of something being broken or exploded.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of busting gathered in one view.

noun

(colloquial) The process of something being broken or exploded.

adjective

(often followed by "to go to...") Urgently needing to urinate. Alternative form of bursting.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for busting.

noun

(colloquial) The process of something being broken or exploded.

adjective

(often followed by "to go to...") Urgently needing to urinate. Alternative form of bursting.

Example sentences

1

Just about every other industry has to worry about Compsec researchers busting in and screaming that the end is nigh.

2

You have to set up the Expires header and modify every asset tag to include a cache-busting query string.

3

You're perfectly free to start your own business and find out just how much ass-busting is involved in doing that.

4

If people are busting their asses, they probably have what they consider a good reason.

5

Just like busting down a door and taking someone's stuff is burglary, but a cop can do it with a warrant.

6

That's why the employment side of energy extraction is so prone to booming and busting.

7

Busting your ass to build stuff makes you feel kinda accomplished, busting your ass because someone managed to use your time as collateral to pay for their convenience makes you feel kinda dicked over.

8

But it was fun busting out a little spherical trigonometry for a Rails book.

9

The busting of Unions, among a lot of other things, has kept wages stagnant at best over the past decade or so.

10

Plus, apart from busting the guy responsible for FH, I'm not sure they got anyone of interest with this operation...

11

All I see is that I'm busting my ass, they're laying on a beach, and they're getting more than me.

12

If you don't have any such folks in your social circle, you are going to be busting your ass and trying to make cold intros.

Quote examples

1

Legally there is absolutely no difference between busting pedophiles on Tor and busting "whistleblowers" talking to the press, legally speaking.

2

For a pilot, "busting a TFR" (entering an area with restrictions like that) usually means a 30-90 day grounding.

3

Anyway, that aside, the truth is, most people in most companies aren't really "busting their ass", at least not all the time.

4

Then it's the role of the employer to set the "bare minimum to not get fired" == "busting [your] ass" and enforce that strictly.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use busting in a sentence?

Just about every other industry has to worry about Compsec researchers busting in and screaming that the end is nigh.

What does busting mean?

(colloquial) The process of something being broken or exploded.

What part of speech is busting?

busting is commonly used as noun, adjective.