Usually means: Person or thing that breaks norms.
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We found 31 dictionaries that define the word buster:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. buster: Merriam-Webster
  2. buster: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. buster: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. buster: Collins English Dictionary
  5. buster: Vocabulary.com
  6. Bu'ster, Buster, buster: Wordnik
  7. -buster, buster: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Buster, buster: Wiktionary
  9. -buster, buster: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. buster: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Buster, buster: Dictionary.com
  12. Buster (band), Buster (comic), Buster (comics), Buster (dog), Buster (film), Buster (nickname), Buster (soundtrack), Buster (spaniel), Buster, The Buster: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Buster: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. buster: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. buster: Rhymezone
  16. Buster: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. BUSTER: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  18. buster: FreeDictionary.org
  19. buster: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. buster: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. buster: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. buster: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. BUSTER: Acronym Finder

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Buster (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. buster, buster, buster, buster, buster, buster: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. The Buster: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (chiefly colloquial, with 'of') Someone who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing.
noun:  (chiefly military slang) Forming compounds denoting a team, weapon, or device specialized in the destruction of the first element.
noun:  (chiefly colloquial, with 'of') Someone who or something that 'breaks', tames, or overpowers a specified person or thing.
noun:  (US, in particular, dated, slang) A broncobuster.
noun:  (chiefly law enforcement slang) Forming compounds denoting an agent or agency tasked with reducing or eliminating the first element.
noun:  (dated, slang) Someone or something remarkable, especially for being loud, large, etc..
noun:  (colloquial, variously expressing familiarity, admiration, or hostility) A form of address, particularly of men: guy, dude, fella, mack, buddy, loser. (Originally as 'old buster'.)
noun:  (obsolete, slang) A loaf of bread.
noun:  (obsolete, slang) A drinking spree, a binge.
noun:  (dated, slang) A gale, a strong wind; (especially Australia) a southerly buster.
noun:  (Australia and New Zealand) A heavy fall; (also performing arts) a staged fall, a pratfall.
noun:  (US, regional) A molting crab.
noun:  (gambling, slang) A cheat's die whose sides bear only certain combinations of spots, so that undesirable values can never be rolled.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  A male given name.
noun:  A male nickname.
noun:  (colloquial, variously expressing familiarity, admiration, or hostility) Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person.

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