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buster

noun

Meaning

  • (with 'of') Someone who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing.

  • Forming compounds denoting a team, weapon, or device specialized in the destruction of the first element.

  • (with 'of') Someone who or something that 'breaks', tames, or overpowers a specified person or thing.

  • Someone or something remarkable, especially for being loud, large, etc..

  • A loaf of bread.

  • A drinking spree, a binge.

  • A gale, a strong wind; a southerly buster.

  • A heavy fall; a staged fall, a pratfall.

  • A molting crab.