Phrase Hound found 28 phrases and 33 compound words that contain buster. The most common are listed below. Open buster in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 28
- bunker busterA bomb designed to penetrate hardened targets or targets buried deep underground.
- southerly busterA summer cold front which works its way up the coast, bringing strong cool southerly winds that replaces and relieves hot conditions.
- knuckle-busterA credit card imprinter.
- Buster BrownEllipsis of Buster Brown suit
- thirst-busterA carbonated beverage.
- bronco busterAlternative spelling of broncobuster: A person who breaks horses so that they can be ridden with a saddle.
- balloon busterA pilot known for destroying enemy observation balloons.
- bracket busterAn American college basketball team that unexpectedly defeats a higher-ranked team in a tournament.
- crime-busterAlternative spelling of crimebuster: A person, especially a law enforcement officer, who is particularly effective in thwarting criminal activity and in bringing criminals to justice.
- dust busterA hand-held vacuum cleaner.
- hash busterA program or algorithm that randomly adds characters to data in order to change its hash sum, typically to get around spam filters.
- fisherman busterA variation of the brainbuster in which the wrestler hooks the opponent's leg to lift them off the ground, and then performs a fisherman's suplex.
- baby busterSomeone born between the baby boom and the baby boomlet; a Gen-Xer.
- vest busterA handgun or cartridge that can fully penetrate a contemporary bulletproof vest.
- barrack busterAny of several improvised mortars, developed in the 1990s by the engineering group of the Provisional Irish Republican Army
- belly busterA very large meal.
- brick-busterSynonym of brick breaker: A game of a genre that involves moving a paddle horizontally or vertically to deflect a ball, using the deflected ball to destroy an arrangement of bricks on the screen.
- bunny bustera firearm, or type of ammunition, intended for rabbit shooting.
- buster collarSynonym of Elizabethan collar (“a protective device worn by an animal”)
- cache busterA tag or value included in a request (such as a URL) purely to differentiate it from previous requests and thus avoid receiving a cached response.
- gut busterAn extremely funny joke.
- lung busterAny task that puts a lot of pressure on one's lungs, making one out of breath.
- rate-busterAlternative form of ratebuster: A worker who works as fast as possible, ignoring the limits on productivity agreed by other workers or by a union.
- Buster Brownsplural of Buster Brown: Ellipsis of Buster Brown suit
- buster collarsplural of buster collar: Synonym of Elizabethan collar (“a protective device worn by an animal”)
Compound words 33
- blockbusterA high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block.
- chartbusterA best-selling record; the artist featured on such a record
- ghostbusterSomeone who purports to rid a place of ghosts.
- quackbusterA person or agency that seeks to expose and discredit quackery.
- crimebusterA person, especially a law enforcement officer, who is particularly effective in thwarting criminal activity and in bringing criminals to justice.
- broncobusterA person who breaks horses so that they can be ridden with a saddle.
- slumpbusterSomething that ends a slump.
- trustbusterA person or entity responsible for breaking up trusts or monopolies.
- dambusterAn aircraft used to destroy dams by dropping bombs on them.
- doorbusterAn unusually low sale price, typically offered by a retailer on a limited number of items for a limited time, often on prominent shopping days, such as the day after Thanksgiving in the US.