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单词 buster
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bustern.

Brit. /ˈbʌstə/, U.S. /ˈbəstər/
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: burster n.; bust v.2, -er suffix1.
Etymology: Originally a variant of burster n.; in later use < bust v.2 + -er suffix1.
Chiefly colloquial and slang.
1.
a. With of. A person who or thing which ‘busts’ a specified thing, or causes it to break or burst. See also -buster comb. form.
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1614 S. Jerome Moses his Sight of Canaan 147 Now death, I pray thee what is it, but a buster of bonds; a destruction of toyle?
1910 Philopolis 25 Aug. 248 All American financiers and captains of industry are essentially thieves, murderers and busters of industrial forces.
1998 B. Rish Sandbridge 34 This course was the famous buster of the freshman curriculum. Usually half the class would flunk.
2005 J. Madhavan Sita & Forest Bandits 122 Rothlin was described..by the papers as the buster of the bandit ring.
b. U.S. = bronco-buster n.. Now rare.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > keeper or manager > horse-breaking or -training > horse-breaker or -trainer
horse-master?1523
horse-tamer1530
horse-breaker1550
rider1556
pacer1616
hippodame1623
rough-rider1729
whisperer1810
hippodamist1841
horse whisperer1843
horse-gentler1889
horse-trainer1889
buster1891
nagsman1891
1891 Harper's Mag. July 208/2 The buster must be careful to keep well away from sheds and timber.
1903 Wide World Mag. Apr. 545 On a large ranch which employs many cowboys, there is much rivalry among them as to who is the best rider or buster.
1951 R. Moody Man of Family xv. 136 Once in a while, a bronco would only crow-hop, and a buster wouldn't have any chance to show how good he was.
2.
a. A person who or thing which is impressive or remarkable, esp. in being more than typically large, loud, etc.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > a marvel, object of wonder
wonderc700
wonderinga1100
selcouthc1175
sellya1200
ferlyc1275
wondernessc1275
wonder thingc1290
adventurec1300
marvelc1300
marvellingc1400
wonderelc1440
signc1450
admiration1490
wonderment1542
wondering stockc1555
miracle-worker1561
singularity1576
stupor mundi1587
miracle1595
marvellation1599
portent1607
astonishment1611
prodigy1616
magnale1623
magnality1646
mirable1646
phenomenon1741
gaping-stock1817
reacher1825
stunner1829
buster1833
caution1834
merry-go-rounder1838
knock-down1843
astonisher1871
marvelry1874
mazer1876
phenom1881
whizzer1888
knock-out1892
whizz1908
doozy1916
doozer1930
heart-stopper1940
blockbuster1942
ooh-ah1957
mind-blower1968
stonker1987
1833 Parthenon Apr. 293 ‘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.’
1854 T. B. Thorpe Hive of Bee Hunter 40 The bear was commented on as he rushed by; one said he was a ‘buster’; ‘a regular-built eight year old’ said another; ‘fat as a candle’, shouted a third.
1867 F. H. Ludlow Little Brother 176 The rector's growing reputation for preaching busters, which is the Missourian for pulpit eloquence.
1909 E. B. Bronson Red-blooded Heroes of Frontier vii. 158 What a buster of a town 'Frisco must be!
1921 J. Abbott Aprilly iii. 29 She's goin' to be a buster, she is!
1984 A. Russell Mem. Mountain Man (1988) 93 He waited for a very special trophy—a huge old buster of a ram.
2004 South Wales Echo (Nexis) 20 Nov. (Features section) 9 What a buster of a lunch it turned out to be.
b. A form of address to (or occasionally a term for) a person, esp. a man, variously expressing affection, familiarity, disrespect, or hostility. Formerly frequently in old buster.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > member of > male
gallant1388
wamfler15..
rutter1506
younkera1522
fine gentleman1575
cavalier1589
whisker1595
jinglespur1604
bravery1616
brisk1621
chevalier1630
man about town1647
man of mode1676
man of distinction1699
sprag1707
sparky1756
blood1763
swell1786
Corinthian1819
galliard1828
mondain1833
toff1851
flâneur1854
Johnny1883
silver-tail1898
knut1911
lounge lizard1918
old buster1919
Hooray Henry1959
1838 New Yorker 24 Mar. 4/1 That's generous, old buster.
1866 G. A. Townsend Campaigns of Non-combatant xxiv. 262 Halloo! Buster! Keep that bayonit out o' my eye, if you please!
1919 P. G. Wodehouse My Man Jeeves 79 An extremely wealthy old buster.
1948 A. Seager Inheritance 174 ‘Hi-ya, buster. What's new?’ he heard a woman's coarse voice say.
1965 P. Arrowsmith Jericho xix. 199 If you go on accusing me of attacking you lot, buster, you'll have the police to answer to.
2001 S. MacKay Fall Guy ix. 113 ‘Careful, buster,’ she said. ‘I've got a knife in my hand.’
3. A loaf of bread. Now rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun]
breadeOE
loafc950
painc1400
pannam1567
the staff of life1638
batch1648
buster1835
rooty1846
breadstuff1856
needle and thread1859
punk1891
1835 Morning Post 16 Sept. 4/2 Three penny busters, and a whole kit-full of winegar and mustard.
1839 New Monthly Mag. 56 358 We can..buy a twopenny buster at a baker's-shop.
1888 G. Van Hare Fifty Years Showman's Life 390 I bore my sufferings patiently, thinking how thankful I would be for a biscuit or a penny buster.
1904 Jrnl. Dept. Labour (Wellington, N.Z.) 8 June 536 An 8oz. loaf of brown bread..goes by the name of ‘buster’, I suppose on account of the way they blow you out.
4. A binge, a drinking bout; = bust n.3 2. Cf. bender n. 5b. Now rare.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > drinking-bout
cups1406
drinking?1518
banquet1535
Bacchanal1536
pot-revel1577
compotation1593
rouse1604
Bacchanalia1633
potmealc1639
bout1670
drinking-bout1673
carouse1690
carousal1765
drunk1779
bouse1786
toot1790
set-to1808
spree1811
fuddlea1813
screed1815
bust1834
lush1841
bender1846
bat1848
buster1848
burst1849
soak1851
binge1854
bumming1860
bust-out1861
bum1863
booze1864
drink1865
ran-tan1866
cupping1868
crawl1877
hellbender1877
break-away1885
periodical1886
jag1894
booze-up1897
slopping-up1899
souse1903
pub crawl1915
blind1917
beer-up1919
periodic1920
scoot1924
brannigan1927
rumba1934
boozeroo1943
sesh1943
session1943
piss-up1950
pink-eye1958
binge drinking1964
1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (at cited word) They were on a buster, and were taken up by the police.
1879 Puck (N.Y.) 3 Dec. 635/3 I'm so darned glad to be in human society like agin that I feels like goin' a buster.
1907 Eng. Illustr. Mag. June 241 It didn't always work well that way, 'specially after he'd been on a buster.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses 405 All off for a buster, armstrong, hollering down the street.
5.
a. A violent gale; (Australian) = southerly buster n. at southerly adj. and n. Compounds.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > strong or violent wind
birra1325
racka1400
galea1547
Euroclydon1561
huff-gale1582
whiskera1598
gale-wind1628
sniffler1768
snifter1768
storm wind1839
buster1848
snorter1855
snorer1871
blusterer1877
ripsnorter1889
smeller1898
hurricane wind1921
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind with reference to direction > winds from specific compass points > south > specifically in Australia and New Zealand
buster1848
burster1851
souther1851
1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (at cited word) ‘This is a buster,’ i.e. a powerful or heavy wind.
1886 F. Cowan Austral. 14 The Buster and Brickfielder: austral red-dust blizzard and red-hot Simoom.
1935 ‘L. Luard’ Conquering Seas xvii. 231 Flamers in sky. Northerly buster, I'm thinking.
1953 F. Robb Sea Hunters vi. 59 Whatever was on the way would be no normal line squall—no summer ‘buster’!
1991 J. Moore By Way of Wind (1996) 121 When the barometer drops rapidly..watch out for a strong sou'wester. A buster can be on you in a flash.
b. Australian and New Zealand. A heavy fall; = burster n. 1c. Frequently in to come (also have) a buster: = to come a cropper at cropper n.3 Also figurative.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > fall off
wendc1300
flit1430
unhorse1583
to be floored1826
to come (fall, get) a cropper1858
to come (also have) a buster1874
to come off1874
volunteer1890
to take a toss1917
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > fall down or from erect position > specifically of person or animal
to light lowc1225
wendc1300
to seek to the earth or groundc1330
tumblea1375
stretchc1400
to take a fall1413
to blush to the eartha1500
to come down1603
to go to grassa1640
to be floored1826
to take a spilla1845
to come (fall, get) a cropper1858
to hunt grass1872
to come (also have) a buster1874
to hit the deck1954
the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)]
withsitc1330
fail1340
defaulta1382
errc1430
to fall (also go) by the wayside1526
misthrive1567
miss1599
to come bad, or no, speedc1600
shrink1608
abortivea1670
maroon1717
to flash in the pan1792
skunk1831
to go to the dickens1833
to miss fire1838
to fall flat1841
fizzle1847
to lose out1858
to fall down1873
to crap out1891
flivver1912
flop1919
skid1920
to lay an egg1929
to blow out1939
to strike out1946
bomb1963
to come (also have) a buster1968
1874 Baily's Monthly Mag. Apr. 114 Dainty..came down ‘a buster’ at the last hurdle, and Scots Grey cantered in by himself.
1878 G. Walch Australasia 28 He would put the parson in the way of a ‘buster’ without compunction.
1928 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country xi. 184 The fancy riding resulted in ‘busters’ galore to skilled and unskilled.
1968 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 30 June 20 The Australian Government has come an incredible double buster on the design for its Vietnam campaign medal.
1995 C. Schultz & D. Lewis Beyond Big Run 217 Charlie's had a buster and broken a bone in his thumb.
6. U.S. (chiefly regional). A crab in the process of moulting, whose old shell has begun to split.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > subclass Malacostraca > division Thoracostraca > order Decapoda > suborder Brachyura (crab) > crabs at particular stage
soft crab1737
softshell crab1806
megalopa1815
buster1855
megalops1855
shedder-crab1860
peeler1866
shedder1872
prawn-stage1896
fat crab1905
1855 H. A. Wise Let. 18 Oct. in J. P. Hambleton Biogr. Sketch Henry A. Wise (1856) 448 In that state he is called a ‘Buster’, bursting his shell.
1904 G. M. Bowers Rep. Bureau Fisheries U.S. 420 One tide will often change a ‘peeler’ to a ‘buster’ and another from a ‘buster’ to a soft crab.
1976 W. W. Warner Beautiful Swimmers ii. 27 Invariably the females [crabs] will be ‘red sign’, which means they will moult very soon, if not ‘busters’ that have already started.
2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 6 Jan. v. 4/6 Restaurant August..serves contemporary French cuisine prepared with Louisiana ingredients like buster crabs, shrimp and oysters.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

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