Verb (vulgar).—1. To burst; explode.
1838. Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, II., p. 366. His genius would
have busted.
1843. Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, I., p. 286. Keep cool, Jefferson
... don’t bust! Ibid, II., p. 124. If the biler of this vessel was
Toe bust, Sir, ... and Toe bust now, it would be a festival day in
the calendar of despotism.