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bost

bost verb: to break.

Verb

bost (third-person singular simple present bosts, present participle bosting, simple past and past participle bosted)

  1. (East-Midlands, UK, dialectal, Black Country) To break.

Forms of bost

third-person singular presentbosts
present participlebosting
past participlebosted
pastbosted

Origin of bost

Possibly from bust or burst.

Words formed from bost

Questions about bost

What does bost mean?
Bost means to break.
What part of speech is bost?
Bost is a verb.
What is the past tense of bost?
The past tense of bost is bosted.

Words near bost in the dictionary

  1. bossy-boots
  2. bossy-pants
  3. bossyboots
  4. bossypants
  5. Bossòst
  6. bost
  7. bostal
  8. bostals
  9. Bostan
  10. bostangi
  11. bostangis

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