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bust·er
(bŭs′tər)n.
1. One that breaks up something: a crime buster.
2. A broncobuster.
3. A particularly robust child.
4. A baby buster.
5. Informal Fellow. Used in addressing a man or boy, especially out of annoyance: Watch where you're going, buster!
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buster
(ˈbʌstə)n
1. (in combination) a person or thing destroying something as specified: dambuster.
2. US and Canadian a term of address for a boy or man
3. (Professions) US and Canadian a person who breaks horses
4. chiefly US and Canadian a spree, esp a drinking bout
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bust•er
(ˈbʌs tər)n. Informal.
1. a person who breaks up something: crime busters.
2. something very big or unusual for its kind.
3. (cap.) (used, often insolently, as a familiar term of address to a man or boy): Watch it, Buster!
4. a spree.
5. broncobuster.
[1825–35, Amer.]
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Buster
A Middlebuster.
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Noun | 1. | buster - an informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?" adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus" |
2. | buster - a robust child | |
3. | buster - a person who breaks horses | |
4. | buster - a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something; "dam buster"; "sanction buster"; "crime buster" | |
5. | buster - a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically |
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buster
n (esp US inf, as address) → Meister m (inf); (threatening) → Freundchen nt (inf)
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