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bussin'

/ˈbʌsɪn/

bussin' adjective: delicious. Also the pronunciation spelling of bussing.

Adjective

bussin' (not comparable)

  1. (slang) Delicious.
    • “Her cake and brownies be bussin.” Swan never looked up from what he was doing or he would have seen a look of total longing on Shay's face.2017, Y Blak Moore, Heartless, →ISBN, page 85
    • They all sucked their teeth and started fixing my plate. The food was bussin', they knew what they were doing in the kitchen.2018, King Vance, L's Angels
  2. (broadly, slang) Really good.

Also used as

bussin' is also the pronunciation spelling of bussing.

bussin' is also the pronunciation spelling of busting.

Forms of bussin'

alternative formbussin

Origin of bussin'

Respelling of busting (or bursting, as in "bursting with flavor") to reflect pronunciation with consonant cluster reduction and g-dropping. Compare chirren, chil'ren.

Questions about bussin'

What does bussin' mean?
Bussin' means delicious.
What part of speech is bussin'?
Bussin' is an adjective.
How do you pronounce bussin'?
Bussin' is pronounced /ˈbʌsɪn/.

Words near bussin' in the dictionary

  1. Bussiere
  2. Bussieres
  3. bussies
  4. bussiest
  5. bussin
  6. bussin'
  7. bussinese
  8. bussineses
  9. bussing
  10. bussing down
  11. Bussings

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