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Dictionary: bust·er   (bŭs'tər) pronunciation
 
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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WordNet: buster
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The noun has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: an informal form of address for a man
  Synonym: fellow

Meaning #2: a robust child

Meaning #3: a person who breaks horses
  Synonym: broncobuster

Meaning #4: a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something

Meaning #5: a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically
  Synonym: baby buster


 
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Buster may refer to:

In film and television

In music

In cartoons and computer games

People with name or nickname Buster

Other

  • Buster (dog), a dog belonging to Roy Hattersley, who has published his diaries (ghost written by Hattersley)
  • Buster, a fighter pilot brevity code signaling an aircraft to use maximum continuous power

Etymology

It has two possible etymologies:-

  1. Agent noun of the verb bust.
  2. First used as a vocative, from Spanish busté, a dialect form of usted = "you": compare Bozo (etymology).

 
Translations: Buster
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - brormand, bessefar

Nederlands (Dutch)
kerel (aanspreekvorm), hevige storm

Français (French)
n. - balaise, pote (fam)

Deutsch (German)
n. - (ugs.) Freundchen, plötzlicher, starker Wind, -brecher

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φιλαράκι, δυνατός άνεμος

Italiano (Italian)
tizio, baldoria

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fugitivo (m), coisa (f) grande ou surpreendente (gír.), bebedeira (f)

Русский (Russian)
чувак

Español (Spanish)
n. - persona violenta

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - friskus, jättegrej, högljudd festprisse

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
庞然大物, 非凡的人, 小鬼, 茁壮的孩子, 小家伙

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 龐然大物, 非凡的人, 小鬼, 茁壯的孩子, 小傢伙

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 파괴하는 사람[것], 떠들기, 거대한 사람[것]

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 破壊する人, 鋤, おいきみ, すばらしいもの, 大男, 強風

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تسميه احتقار لرجل ما, من يقضي على شىء (اجرام أو زواج مثلا)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ברנש, חבר, בחור, משמיד, מפוצץ, הורס‬


 
 

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