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Yes, bust is playable

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"Bust" Definition

noun

A failure; a flop: "The home-style bean curd is a bust, oily and rubbery” ( Mark and Gail Barnett).
A punch; a blow.
A spree: a fraternity beer bust.
A state of bankruptcy.
Slang A raid.

idiom

Butt Vulgar Slang To make a strenuous effort; work very hard.

verb-intransitive

Games To lose at blackjack by exceeding a score of 21.
Slang To burst; break: "Several companies have threatened to bust out of their high-wage contracts by the dubious technique of declaring bankruptcy” ( Washington Post).
Slang To undergo breakage; become broken.
To become bankrupt or short of money.

verb-transitive

Slang To make a police raid on.
Slang To place under arrest.
Slang To reduce in rank. See Synonyms at demote.
Slang To render inoperable or unusable: busted the vending machine by putting in foreign coins.
Slang To smash or break, especially forcefully: "Mr. Luger worked it with a rake, busting up the big clods, making a flat brown table” ( Garrison Keillor).

verb

To break or smash especially with force.
To make inoperative.
To bring an end to.
To ruin financially.
To give a hard time to.

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