buster

Definition

  • noun: a person or thing that stops or prevents something
  • noun: someone or something extraordinary
  • usually used in combination

Examples

  • The new drug acts as a clot-'buster'. [=it causes blood clots to break apart]

  • crime'-busters' [=people who stop crimes, who catch criminals, etc.]

  • Wait a minute, 'buster'. You're trying to trick me, aren't you?

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) .. Excuse me, am I intruding? .. I feeI I know you from somewhere. .. Nice try, buster. .. I Iook Iike something out of James Fenimore Cooper... .. ...but I mean you no harm. .. (..)
    1999 Wild Wild West