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busting on

busting on is the present participle and gerund of bust on.

Meaning of bust on

Verb

bust on (third-person singular simple present busts on, present participle busting on, simple past and past participle busted on or (colloquial) bust on)

  1. (US, idiomatic) To make a joke concerning; to ridicule or make fun of.
    • Mr. Moffatt explained different signals that students use to express friendship, like "busting" on one another. To "bust on" someone is "to deflate their pretensions by means of aggressive verbal mockery." Mr. Moffatt explained that students only "bust on" their friends.1989 April 9, “Campus Life: Rutgers Anthropologist Examines Sex Life On the Raritan”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Feb 2018
  2. (US, slang, African-American Vernacular) To hit or attack (someone); to insult (someone); to snitch on (someone).

Questions about busting on

What is busting on the present participle and gerund of?
Busting on is the present participle and gerund of bust on.

Words near busting on in the dictionary

  1. busting ass
  2. busting down
  3. busting in
  4. busting into
  5. busting off
  6. busting on
  7. busting one's arse
  8. busting one's balls
  9. busting one's chops
  10. busting one's gut
  11. busting one's hump

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