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单词 bust-up
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bust-upn.

Brit. /ˈbʌstʌp/, U.S. /ˈbəˌstəp/
Forms: see bust v.2 and up adv.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bust v.2, up adv.1
Etymology: < bust v.2 + up adv.1, after to bust up (see bust v.2 1b). Compare slightly earlier bust n.3 2.
colloquial and slang (originally U.S.).
1. An accident or disaster; a failure.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > a mishap or unlucky accident
mistideOE
unhapc1230
chancea1300
mischancec1325
mishapa1387
accident?1490
casualtya1513
shrewd turn1565
casuality1574
misaccident1620
mishanter1754
contretemps1809
bust-up1841
pratfall1941
snafu1943
1841 Sporting Rev. Nov. 336 No certificate of a safe biler from the appointed authority—it's a bust-up sure.
1915 Spectator (N.Y.) 4 Mar. 17/1 Had a life policy—one thing left in the bust-up.
1930 E. Pound Draft of XXX Cantos xii. 55 The bust-up of Brazilian securities.
2010 Cairns Post (Austral.) (Nexis) 31 July 20 John..was confident his car could be saved in the wake of his 100km/h barrier collision. He also spoke of the fear following Kain's bust-up, which he watched on television after the race.
2. A flare-up; an altercation; an argument, a strong disagreement. Also in extended use.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > [noun] > fit(s) or outburst(s) of anger
wratha1200
wrethea1400
hatelc1400
angerc1425
braida1450
fumea1529
passion1530
fustian fume1553
ruff1567
pelt1573
spleen1590
blaze1597
huff1599
blustera1616
dog-flawa1625
overboiling1767
explosion1769
squall1807
blowout1825
flare-up1837
fit1841
bust-up1842
wax1854
Scot1859
pelter1861
ructions1862
performance1864
outfling1865
rise1877
detonation1878
flare-out1879
bait1882
paddy1894
paddywhack1899
wingding1927
wing-dinger1933
eppie1987
society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > a quarrel
controversy1448
tencion?1473
brulyie1531
pique1532
feudc1565
quarrel1566
jar1583
controverse1596
brack1600
outcast1620
rixation1623
controversarya1635
simultya1637
outfall1647
outfallingc1650
controversion1658
démêlé1661
embroilment1667
strut1677
risse1684
rubber1688
fray1702
brulyiement1718
fallout1725
tossa1732
embroil1742
ding-dong?1760
pilget1777
fratch1805
spar1836
splutter1838
bust-up1842
whid1847
chip1854
kass-kass1873
wap1887
run-in1894
go-round1898
blue1943
hassle1945
square-up?1949
ruck1958
1842 J. H. Hammond Diary 8 July in C. Bleser Secret & Sacred (1997) iii. 98 I fear..that there will be another bust up.
1899 R. Kipling Stalky & Co. 133 Then there's a big bust-up and a row that gets into the papers.
1914 Eng. Rev. Sept. 250 It [sc. this war] is the ‘bust-up’ of materialism.
1945 A. L. Rowse West-Country Stories 148 They were having a tremendous bust-up with the railway porters about their belongings.
1981 G. Clare Last Waltz in Vienna (1982) ii. 149 The big bust-up between Father and me finally came.
2002 R. Lewis Anthony Burgess (2004) 196 Wherever he went there were ructions. Marriage bust-ups, suicide attempts, bankruptcies, nervous breakdowns.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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