bust on | Idiomator

Meaning: (US,idiomatic)To make ajokeconcerning; toridiculeormake fun of.1989April 9, “Campus Life: Rutgers Anthropologist Examines Sex Life On the Raritan”, inNew York Times, retrieved16 February 2018:Mr. Moffatt explained different signals that students use to express friendship, like "busting"onone 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.1997March 24,Selena Roberts, “Ethnic Insult From Calipari Results in Apology by Nets”, inNew York Times, retrieved16 February 2018:Three days after Nets Coach John Calipari called a reporter a "Mexican idiot," the team publicly apologized today. . . . "The way I understand it, what Cal was trying to do wasbust onGarcia," Fenech said. "Once he saw Garcia's reaction, he realized he didn't think he was kidding."2007August 19, Nick Miroff, “Kilt Shop Reveals A Loyal Clientele Itching to Be Free”, inWashington Post, retrieved16 February 2018:His wife bought him his first Utilikilt four years ago, but it took him six months to get up the courage to wear it outside. He finally decided to debut it at a local beer festival. "A lot of guys werebusting onme," he recalled. But others wanted their picture taken with him, asking where they could get their own kilts.2017August 22, Christie D'Zurilla, “Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda and Mary Steenburgen get shady during the eclipse”, inLos Angeles Times, retrieved16 February 2018:Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, Jane Fonda and Mary Steenburgen took time out from shooting the 2018 movieBook Clubon Monday to take in the eclipse, goofy glasses and all. While Bergen was rocking Instagram, however, Fonda actually posted less-than-perfect pics on Twitter thatbusted onthe former "Murphy Brown" star. "Watching eclipse on set of BOOK CLUB," theGrace and Frankiestar wrote. "Diane Keaton, Mary Steenburgen and I are rapt. Candice Bergen could care less#SolarEclipse2017."; (US,slang,African-American Vernacular)To hit or attack (someone); to insult (someone); tosnitchon (someone).

Examples:

EN: Damn it, why do you do this to me every time you put a bust on these bums?
ES: Maldita sea. ¿Por qué me hacen esto cada vez que arrestan a estos vagos?
EN: Well, this may look like a nickel-and-dime bust on paper, but our street sources say that the parole-slippin' sucker in that apartment... witnessed the DeLaCruz shooting.
ES: - Puede parecer ridículo pero creemos que el tipo fue testigo del asesinato de De La Cruz.
EN: Big bust on me body.
ES: Un pecho grande en mi cuerpo.
EN: He'd bust on me, "That dress in the picture is shaking. The zipper went out".
ES: Él me gastaba, ese vestido en la foto tiembla, la cremallera se rompió.
EN: In the last year, I've gone near bust on food alone.
ES: En el último año, casi quiebro sólo por comida.
ES: En el último año, casi quiebro sólo por comida.
EN: They're gonna bust on my hands!
ES: ¡Me van a romper las manos!
EN: Fill them up real full so they bust on contact?
ES: ¿Llénalos pero llénalos de verdad así reventaran al contacto?
EN: The suspect, Chicago Police officer Terrance McCain, is a member of the Tactical Narcotics Unit which spearheaded last week's $3 Million cocaine bust on the south side
ES: El sospechoso, el oficial de policía de Chicago Terrance McCain... Es miembro de la unidad táctica de narcóticos... que encabezó la redada de cocaína de 3 millones de dólares, en el lado sur.
EN: Look, despite first impressions, I'm not here to bust on you.
ES: Oye, aunque no lo parezca no vengo a burlarme de ti.
EN: I made a buy and bust on my first try out.
ES: Un arresto en mi primer día.
EN: So if you want to make fun of me, if you want to bust on me, that's fine.
ES: Si te quieres burlar de mí, o llevarme preso, está bien.
EN: A drug bust on one of those routes? The fbi, DEA, all those fucking pricks will breathe down our necks again.
ES: Si metes drogas en una ruta FBI, DEA y todos esos idiotas volverán a jodernos.
EN: A $3 million bust on day one.
ES: El primer día, confiscas $3 millones.
EN: - The broad went bust on me.
ES: - La mujer se emborrachó.
EN: And a buy-bust on Savino Bratton is less cooperative than a buy-bust higher up on the food chain.
ES: Y la emboscada a Savino Bratton es menos cooperativa que a alguien más alto en la escala alimenticia.

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