"bost" meaning in English

See bost in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: bosts [present, singular, third-person], bosting [participle, present], bosted [participle, past], bosted [past]
Etymology: Possibly from bust or burst. Etymology templates: {{m|en|bust}} bust, {{m|en|burst}} burst Head templates: {{en-verb}} bost (third-person singular simple present bosts, present participle bosting, simple past and past participle bosted)
  1. (UK dialect, Black Country) to break Tags: UK, dialectal Derived forms: bostin
    Sense id: en-bost-en-verb-uvkE5ojw Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bost meaning in English (1.2kB)

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