buster
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[edit] English
[edit] Alternative forms
- Buster (term of address)
[edit] Etymology
- bust + -er:agent noun of the verb bust.
- First used as a vocative, in USA, from Spanish busté, a dialect form of usted = "you": compare bozo#Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ʌstə(r)
[edit] Noun
buster (plural busters)
- (informal, often as a term of address) A guy, fellow; a friend.
- Oi, buster, stop following me around everywhere!
- 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter I:
- “Got anybody else staying at the old snake pit?” “Five inmates in all.” “Five?” I resumed my tongue-clicking. “Golly! Uncle Tom must be frothing at the mouth a bit,” I said, for I knew the old buster's distaste for guests in the home. Even a single weekender is sometimes enough to make him drain the bitter cup.
- A loser, uncool person.
- Stop being a buster.
- (performing arts) A staged fall, used in theatrical and film comedy.
- Charlie Chaplin pulled a buster right before the closing credits.
- A person, thing, or event that breaks or overpowers someone or something, often used in compound terms, as crime buster, ballbuster, blockbuster, broncobuster.
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[edit] Translations
guy, friend
loser, uncool person
staged fall, used in theatrical and film comedy
person, thing, or event that breaks or overpowers
