buster

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It's not a gas station, it's a block buster.

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an informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?"

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noun

an informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?"

noun

a robust child

noun

a person who breaks horses

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for buster.

noun

an informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?"

noun

a robust child

noun

a person who breaks horses

noun

a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something; "dam buster"; "sanction buster"; "crime buster"

noun

a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically

Example sentences

It's not a gas station, it's a block buster.

I was tickled that I got emacs into a block buster movie.

Even Al Gore's stunts pale in comparison to the deluge of profits from block buster films.

The big expensive "block buster" movies are very often watch once, enjoy for the moment, and forget.

But if you work to build and maintain a culture where women are guilted, shamed, and literally forced into stereotypically feminine roles because that's the way it is and you're content with that then you certainly help to guarantee she won't be curing cancer, building a better engine, developing a faster computer, or a creating a realistic lead woman character in the next blockbuster game or movie.