dambuster
English
noun
Definitions
- (colloquial) An aircraft used to destroy dams by dropping bombs on them.
- (colloquial) The pilot of this kind of aircraft.
Etymology
Compound from English dam (draughts piece) + English buster.
Origin
English
buster
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antidam English
- backdam English
- ball-buster English
- blockbuster English
- brainbuster English
- broncobuster English
- bust English
- buster English
- chartbuster English
- cloudbuster English
- cofferdam English
- crimebuster English
- cultbuster English
- dam English
- damburst English
- damlike English
- dammable English
- dammer English
- dammest English
- dammeth English
- damside English
- damsire English
- doorbuster English
- drugbuster English
- facebuster English
- gangbuster English
- ghostbuster English
- gravity dam English
- gutbuster English
- middlebuster English
- quackbuster English
- racketbuster English
- ratebuster English
- redam English
- rodbuster English
- slumpbuster English
- sodbuster English
- spinebuster English
- stressbuster English
- tankbuster English
- thirst-buster English
- trustbuster English
- undam English
- unionbuster English
- ダム Japanese
- dam Middle English
- dam Cebuano
- idamu Xhosa
- dam
- bust
- redam
- undam
- buster
- dammer
- dammest
- dammeth
- damsire
- backdam
- damlike
- damside
- antidam
- dammable
- damburst
- gutbuster
- cofferdam
- sodbuster
- rodbuster
- gangbuster
- tankbuster
- ratebuster
- facebuster
- doorbuster
- cultbuster
- drugbuster
- gravity dam
- ghostbuster
- ball-buster
- slumpbuster
- chartbuster
- blockbuster
- cloudbuster
- quackbuster
- brainbuster
- spinebuster
- unionbuster
- crimebuster
- trustbuster
- broncobuster
- racketbuster
- stressbuster
- middlebuster
- thirst-buster