Hypertext Webster Gateway: "buster"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Buster \Bus"ter\ (b[u^]s"t[~e]r), n.
Something huge; a roistering blade; also, a spree. [Slang,
U.S.] --Bartlett.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

buster
n 1: an informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what
are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?" [syn: {fellow}]
2: a robust child
3: a person who breaks horses [syn: {broncobuster}]
4: a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something;
"dam buster"; "sanction buster"; crime buster"
5: a person born in the generation following the baby boom when
the birth rate fell dramatically [syn: {baby buster}]


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