buster
English
noun
Definitions
- (chiefly) Someone who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing.
- (chiefly) .
- (chiefly) Someone who or something that 'breaks', tames, or overpowers a specified person or thing.
- (dated) Someone or something remarkable, especially for being loud, large, etc..
- (obsolete) A loaf of bread.
- (obsolete) A drinking spree, a binge.
- (dated) A gale, a strong wind; (especially) a southerly buster.
- (Australian) A heavy fall; (also) a staged fall, a pratfall.
- (US) A molting crab.
Etymology
Suf from English bust.
Origin
English
bust
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ball English
- ball-buster English
- block English
- blockbuster English
- blockbusterish English
- blockbustery English
- brain English
- brainbuster English
- bronco English
- broncobuster English
- bust English
- busthead English
- bustline English
- busty English
- chart English
- chartbuster English
- cloud English
- cloudbust English
- cloudbuster English
- crime English
- crimebuster English
- cult English
- cultbuster English
- dam English
- dambuster English
- door English
- doorbuster English
- drug English
- drugbuster English
- face English
- facebuster English
- gang English
- gangbuster English
- ghost English
- ghostbuster English
- gut English
- gutbuster English
- megablockbuster English
- middle English
- middlebuster English
- mythbust English
- nonblockbuster English
- overbust English
- quack English
- quackbuster English
- racket English
- racketbuster English
- rate English
- ratebuster English
- rod English
- rodbuster English
- slump English
- slumpbuster English
- sod English
- sodbuster English
- spine English
- spinebuster English
- stress English
- stressbuster English
- tank English
- tankbuster English
- thirst English
- thirst-buster English
- trust English
- trustbuster English
- underbust English
- union English
- unionbuster English
- Blockbuster German
- blockbuster French
- buste French
- блокбастер Russian
- blockbuster Spanish, Castilian
- *krey- Proto-Indo-European
- blockbuster Portuguese
- バスト Japanese
- blockbuster Catalan, Valencian
- rod
- dam
- gut
- sod
- gang
- rate
- cult
- bust
- tank
- ball
- face
- drug
- door
- quack
- brain
- spine
- union
- block
- crime
- busty
- ghost
- slump
- cloud
- trust
- chart
- bronco
- middle
- stress
- racket
- thirst
- busthead
- mythbust
- bustline
- overbust
- underbust
- gutbuster
- dambuster
- cloudbust
- sodbuster
- rodbuster
- gangbuster
- facebuster
- ratebuster
- tankbuster
- doorbuster
- cultbuster
- drugbuster
- ball-buster
- chartbuster
- quackbuster
- trustbuster
- ghostbuster
- blockbuster
- cloudbuster
- unionbuster
- crimebuster
- slumpbuster
- brainbuster
- spinebuster
- broncobuster
- racketbuster
- middlebuster
- stressbuster
- blockbustery
- thirst-buster
- blockbusterish
- nonblockbuster
- megablockbuster