单词 | buster |
释义 | bustern. 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. ΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). > see alsoalso refers to : -bustercomb. form < n.1614 see also |
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