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Definitions for Buster

[1] a person who breaks up something: crime busters.
[2] something that is very big or unusual for its kind.
[3] a loud, uproarious reveler.
[4] a frolic; spree.
[5] (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!
[6] a male given name.
[7] Informal . to burst. to go bankrupt. to collapse from the strain of making a supreme effort: She was determined to make straight A's or bust.
[8] Cards . Draw Poker . to fail to make a flush or straight by one card. Blackjack . to draw cards exceeding the count of 21.
[9] Informal . to burst. to bankrupt; ruin financially.
[10] to demote, especially in military rank or grade: He was busted from sergeant to private three times.
[11] to tame; break: to bust a bronco.
[12] Slang . to place under arrest: The gang was busted and put away on narcotics charges. to subject to a police raid: The bar has been busted three times for selling drinks to minors.
[13] Informal . to hit. to break; fracture: She fell and busted her arm.
[14] a failure.
[15] Informal . a hit; sock; punch: He got a bust in the nose before he could put up his hands.
[16] a sudden decline in the economic conditions of a country, marked by an extreme drop in stock-market prices, business activity, and employment; depression.
[17] Slang . an arrest. a police raid.
[18] Informal . a drinking spree; binge.
[19] Cards . a very weak hand. Bridge . a hand lacking the potential to take a single trick.
[20] Informal . bankrupt; broke.
[21] bust up , Informal . to break up; separate: Sam and his wife busted up a year ago. to damage or destroy: Soldiers got in a fight and busted up the bar.
[22] (in combination) a person or thing destroying something as specified dambuster
[23] US and Canadian a term of address for a boy or man
[24] US and Canadian a person who breaks horses
[25] mainly US and Canadian a spree, esp a drinking bout
[26] the chest of a human being, esp a woman's bosom
[27] a sculpture of the head, shoulders, and upper chest of a person
[28] to burst or break
[29] to make or become bankrupt
[30] (tr) (of the police) to raid, search, or arrest the girl was busted for drugs
[31] (tr) US and Canadian to demote, esp in military rank
[32] (tr) US and Canadian to break or tame (a horse, etc)
[33] (tr) mainly US to punch; hit
[34] bust a gut See gut (def. 9)
[35] a raid, search, or arrest by the police
[36] mainly US a punch; hit
[37] US and Canadian a failure, esp a financial one; bankruptcy
[38] a drunken party
[39] broken
[40] bankrupt
[41] go bust to become bankrupt

Words related to Buster

penniless, insolvent, destitute, bankrupt, strapped, impoverished, bust, ruined, beggared, indebted, indigent, needy, penurious, poor

Words nearby Buster

bustamante, bustard, bustard quail, busted, bustee, buster, buster brown collar, buster collar, busticate, bustier, bustle

Origin of Buster

21755–65; variant of burst, by loss of r before s, as in ass2, bass2, passel, etc.

Words that may be confused with Buster

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, bustburst, burst, (see, usage, note, at, the, current, entry)

Word origin for Buster

C19: from a dialect pronunciation of burst

Synonyms for Buster

bankrupt, destitute, insolvent, penniless, beggared, bust, impoverished, ruined, strapped, cleaned out, dirt poor, flat broke, in Chapter 11, in debt, indebted, indigent, needy, penurious, poor, stone broke, tapped out