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BUSTER (buster)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does buster mean? 

BUSTER (noun)
  The noun BUSTER has 5 senses:

1. an informal form of address for a manplay

2. a robust childplay

3. a person who breaks horsesplay

4. a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers somethingplay

5. a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramaticallyplay

  Familiarity information: BUSTER used as a noun is common.


 Dictionary entry details 


BUSTER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An informal form of address for a man

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

buster; dude; fellow

Context example:

Hey buster, what's up?

Hypernyms ("buster" is a kind of...):

adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))


Sense 2

Meaning:

A robust child

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("buster" is a kind of...):

child; fry; kid; minor; nestling; nipper; shaver; small fry; tiddler; tike; tyke; youngster (a young person of either sex)


Sense 3

Meaning:

A person who breaks horses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bronco buster; broncobuster; buster

Hypernyms ("buster" is a kind of...):

equestrian; horseback rider; horseman (a man skilled in equitation)


Sense 4

Meaning:

A person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

crime buster

Hypernyms ("buster" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

bust (ruin completely)


Sense 5

Meaning:

A person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

baby buster; buster

Hypernyms ("buster" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)


 Context examples 


For three days Perrault and François threw chests up and down the main street of Skaguay and were deluged with invitations to drink, while the team was the constant centre of a worshipful crowd of dog-busters and mushers.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)



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