buster

noun

bust·​er ˈbə-stər 

1

a

chiefly Midland US : someone or something extraordinary

… a buster of a breakfast!

—Harriet Beecher Stowe

b

: an unusually sturdy child

c

often Buster : fellow

—usually used as a form of address

hey buster, come here

2

chiefly Australia : a sudden violent wind often coming from the south

3

: one that breaks, breaks up, or eliminates something

crime busters

: such as

a

: plow

b

[short for broncobuster] : a person who breaks horses

4

: a bad fall

Examples of buster in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One of the biggest hitters in the conventional arsenal merged with drone technology, as the US Army tested a bunker-buster warhead combined with an expendable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for field testing at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama. —New Atlas, 4 May 2026

The United States has tested its capability to deliver bunker-buster warhead from drones. —Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Apr. 2026

One of Catapult’s biggest myth-busters is that a player should maintain the same daily routine. —Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026

Waddle rolls into Dove Valley with a history of being a zone-buster. —Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1614, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Phrases Containing buster

• bunker buster
• clot-buster

Rhymes for buster

• bluster
• cluster
• duster
• juster
• luster
• lustre
• muster
• thruster
• trustor
• adjuster
• baluster
• blockbuster