Buster

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

(chiefly colloquial, with 'of') Someone who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing..

Definitions by Sense

1. (chiefly colloquial, with 'of') Someone who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing.
2. (chiefly military slang) Forming compounds denoting a team, weapon, or device specialized in the destruction of the first element.
3. (chiefly colloquial, with 'of') Someone who or something that 'breaks', tames, or overpowers a specified person or thing.
4. (dated, slang) Someone or something remarkable, especially for being loud, large, etc.
5. (obsolete, slang) A loaf of bread.
6. (obsolete, slang) A drinking spree, a binge.
7. (dated, slang) A gale, a strong wind; (especially Australia) a southerly buster.
8. (Australia and New Zealand) A heavy fall; (also performing arts) a staged fall, a pratfall.

Example Sentences

Now death, I pray thee what is it, but a buster of bonds; a destruction of toyle?

Rothlin was described... by the papers as the buster of the bandit ring.

German ‘balloon busters’ attack the Dover barrage.

Our main purpose in further experimentation with nuclear bombs is not... to make city-busters more horrible.

B-2 bombers are the only plane capable of carrying the Massive Ordinance Penetrator, which experts have highlighted as the only type of bomb potentially capable of destroying Iran’s underground Fordow nuclear facility. Each B-2 bomber is able to carry two of these “bunker buster” bombs, which weigh an impressive 30,000 pounds each.

The bombs used in the strikes were GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrators, known as a “bunker busters,” two sources familiar with the operation said.

‘I had to clean this old roarer,’ continued the ‘editor’... as he wiped the barrel of his pistol. ‘She's a buster, I tell you.’

What a buster of a lunch it turned out to be.

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