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bust-outs

bust-outs is the plural of bust-out.

Meaning of bust-out

Noun

bust-out (plural bust-outs)

  1. (slang) An escape attempt, usually from a prison.
  2. (dated, slang) An attempt at cheating, such as gambling with weighted dice.
  3. (dated, slang) A commercial bankruptcy caused for deliberate and nefarious purposes by organized crime; any deliberately contrived bankruptcy.

Questions about bust-outs

What is bust-outs the plural of?
Bust-outs is the plural of bust-out.

Words near bust-outs in the dictionary

  1. bust-down
  2. bust-downs
  3. bust-out
  4. bust-out man
  5. bust-out men
  6. bust-outs
  7. bust-up
  8. bust-ups
  9. busta
  10. bustable
  11. Bustamante

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