buster
a person who breaks up something: crime busters.
something that is very big or unusual for its kind.
a loud, uproarious reveler.
a frolic; spree.
(initial capital letter) (used as a familiar term of address to a man or boy who is an object to the speaker's annoyance or anger): Look, Buster, you're standing in my way!
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a male given name.
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How to use buster in a sentence
Paired with the Crue helmet, the buster stays put for hours of pizza-ing and falling.
These are the best stress busters to counteract that gray hair.
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When my mother was dying, one of her biggest fears was that buster, the beloved new dog of her widowhood, would have nowhere to go.
Yes, your German Shepherd buster can wear his own health tracker.
My 10-year-old son buster headed straight for the agitated water.
After being rescued from the ocean several times buster spent the rest of the afternoon collecting flotsam and jetsam.
buster can break eggs into a skillet and has done it a number of times this morning.
A bottle of The Glenlivet, aged in the cask longer than Poppet and buster put together.
We had to turn aside on our way downstairs for more furniture to make buster a bed in a box full of excelsior in the shed.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonIf I started upstairs with the frame of a pine bureau on my back, buster was on the third step, between my legs.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard Eatonbuster plopped down on all fours, as if he understood perfectly, and took a bite at my shoe string.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonThere was a sudden sound of steps and crackling twigs in the grove behind us, and buster emerged up the path, hot on our scent.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonAt the sound of my voice buster came squeezing into the room, and put his forepaws in my lap.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard Eaton
British Dictionary definitions for buster
/ (ˈbʌstə) /
(in combination) a person or thing destroying something as specified: dambuster
US and Canadian a term of address for a boy or man
US and Canadian a person who breaks horses
mainly US and Canadian a spree, esp a drinking bout
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