buster
/ˈbʌstə
/noun informal
1chiefly North American Used as a mildly disrespectful form of address to a man or boy: like it or lump it, buster...
- If it's good enough for Prince, it's good enough for you, buster.
- Now I know and, let me tell you something, buster, I'm none too pleased!
- If I find out who you are, you won't rest easy anytime I'm in the same room, buster.
2 [usually in combination] A person or thing that stops or gets rid of a specified thing: a crime-buster the drug’s reputation as a cold-buster...
- ‘As the police monitor the criminals,’ we commented in February, ‘the rest of the city will be watching to see if this experiment is framing up to be a real crime buster.’
- Listening to classical music can have therapeutic effects and is a great stress buster.
- Steeped in history, this vast expanse of beautiful tree-lined avenues has turned into a major stress buster for its denizens: a transformation over the last five years.
3A notable or impressive person or thing.Fuming and fussing, Larroquette knows exactly how to produce a mildly funny line into a gut buster....
- He dove to the outside, but Batista caught him with a spine buster on the floor.
- He hit the flying forearm on Test, a spine buster on Matt, and a uranage on Test.
3.1A violent gale.At the other extreme, there is the guy who puts out in a hot-water boat at the height of a southerly buster, a cold, wet wind with maximum ‘grunt’, just in case someone is in trouble....
- In Sydney, NSW, Australia these events are known as southerly busters.
- A severe southerly buster has wind speeds exceeding gale force (17 m s[-1]) and poses a threat to human safety.
