A bust can be one of the following:

• Bust (sculpture), a sculpture depicting a person's chest, shoulders, and head, usually supported by a stand.
• the portion of the human body between the neck and the waist, although in general use denotes female breasts.
• the measure around a woman's breasts in the context of sewing and garment manufacture.
• a slang term for an arrest.
• a slang term for broken or defeated or lost.
• Bust, a commune of the Bas-Rhin département in France.
• Bust, a feminist pop culture magazine.
• an athlete who was projected to be a great player and failed to live up to that potential.
• an informal term for an economic recession.