English Dictionary

buster

名詞

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

日本語の意味

特定のものを突き破ったり、損壊させたりする人物 / 特定のものを突き破ったり、損壊させたりする物

The new policy proved a buster of long-standing traditions.

新しい方針は長年続いた伝統の破壊者となった。

意味（1）

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

Now death, I pray thee what is it, but a buster of bonds; a destruction of toyle?

意味（2）

(chiefly military slang) Forming compounds denoting a team, weapon, or device specialized in the destruction of the first element.

German ‘balloon busters’ attack the Dover barrage.

意味（3）

(US, in particular, dated, slang) A broncobuster.

The buster must be careful to keep well away from sheds and timber.

意味（4）

(chiefly law enforcement slang) Forming compounds denoting an agent or agency tasked with reducing or eliminating the first element.

Men nicknamed him the ‘Booze Buster’, and cartoonists loved to picture him, revolver in hand,... fighting the demon rum.

意味（5）

(dated, slang) Someone or something remarkable, especially for being loud, large, etc..

意味（6）

(colloquial, variously expressing familiarity, admiration, or hostility) A form of address, particularly of men: guy, dude, fella, mack, buddy, loser. (Originally as 'old buster'.)

That's generous, old buster.

意味（7）

(obsolete, slang) A loaf of bread.

Three penny busters, and a whole kit-full of winegar and mustard.

意味（8）

(obsolete, slang) A drinking spree, a binge.

They were on a buster, and were taken up by the police.

意味（9）

(dated, slang) A gale, a strong wind; (especially Australia) a southerly buster.

‘This is a buster,’ i.e. a powerful or heavy wind.

意味（10）

(Australia and New Zealand) A heavy fall; (also performing arts) a staged fall, a pratfall.

Dainty... came down ‘a buster’ at the last hurdle, and Scots Grey cantered in by himself.

意味（11）

(US, regional) A molting crab.

In that state he is called a ‘Buster’, bursting his shell.

意味（12）

(gambling, slang) A cheat's die whose sides bear only certain combinations of spots, so that undesirable values can never be rolled.

Tops and Bottoms (also Tops, Busters, Ts, Mis-spots): These are the dice used by the professional cheats.

busters （ plural ）