-bustercomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: buster n.

Etymology: < buster n.Although consistently productive as a combining form since the early 20th cent., -buster has enjoyed three distinct periods of particular vogue: the first in 1930s America deriving from the popular radio series Gang Busters (1936–57), the second during World War II (see sense 3), and a third following the international success of the 1984 film Ghostbusters. Each period has seen a sudden proliferation of coinages, many short-lived. The more enduring compounds are for the most part listed at the first element or as separate entries: a selection of the less frequent formations is illustrated in this entry.

Originally U.S.

1. Forming nouns denoting a person who or thing which ‘busts’ or breaks the first element (literally or figuratively), as belly-buster, knuckle-buster, rate-buster, skull-buster, etc.More established compounds of this nature are treated at the first element or as separate entries: see ball-buster n., bronco-buster n., chartbuster n., price buster n. at price n. Compounds 2, etc.

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1835 U.S. Tel. (Washington, D.C.) 21 July The President's encomium upon Governor Wolf is a ‘gall buster’ to the disorganisers.

1897 Gentleman Farmer Feb. 127 We need..a curculio buster, a..potato bug assassinator.

1934 Amer. Speech 9 27/2 (Glossary of prison slang) Skull-buster, a detective.

1938 Boys' Life Oct. 12 Even hundreds of years ago there were atom-busters of a sort, and they called them ‘alchemists’.

1959 Pop. Sci. Mar. 218 Installing a wire hose clamp in tight quarters needn't be a knuckle-buster.

1970 C. Bay Struct. of Freedom ii. 46 Workers who speed up production, or ‘rate busters’ as they are called.

1972 J. Campbell Myths to live By vii. 141 The..carefully programmed sequences of brain-busters.

1992 C. McCarthy All Pretty Horses (1993) i. 31 What did you bring to shoot? said Rawlins. Just Grandad's old thumb-buster.

2006 P. Rusesabagina & T. Zoellner Ordinary Man i. 14 The meal served is always a belly buster.

2. colloquial (frequently in law enforcement). Forming nouns denoting a troubleshooting or problem-solving agent or agency that overcomes, deals with, or eradicates the first element, as booze-buster, bug-buster, dust-buster, etc.See also crimebuster n. at crime n. Compounds 3, drug-buster n. at drug n.¹ Compounds 1b, gangbuster n., union buster n. at union n.² Compounds 3, etc.In later use (from 1984) often after ghostbuster n.: see the etymology.

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1872 Sci. Amer. 15 June 397/3 Cleveland has invented a patent bug buster, worked with an air pump.

1920 F. A. McKenzie ‘Pussyfoot’ Johnson v. 83 Men nicknamed him the ‘Booze Buster’, and cartoonists loved to picture him, revolver in hand,..fighting the demon rum.

1925 (film title) Crook buster.

1974 New Scientist 4 July 65/2 The professional fraud-busters [of the art world].

1984 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 18 Nov. iv. 24/2 New York City traffic agents have become Gridlock Busters and cigarette foes are smokebusters.

1986 Verbatim Winter 4/2 Dust busters, a support group that helps women deal with housework.

1995 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 Mar. a 16/2 The best way to clean the rails is to send a regular train—commonly referred to as the ‘rust-buster’—along them slowly.

2008 Daily Tel. 4 Aug. (Business section) b8/2 Employers hire so-called union-busters to convince staff that voting for union recognition..is not in their best interests.

3. Chiefly Military slang. Forming nouns denoting personnel, or a weapon, device, etc., that attacks or destroys the first element, as balloon-buster, dam-buster, fort-buster, scud-buster, ship-buster, etc.See also blockbuster n. 1a, bunker buster n., tankbuster n. at tank n.⁷ Compounds 2, etc.

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1940 Life 2 Sept. 29/1 (heading) German ‘balloon busters’ attack the Dover barrage.

1943 Newsweek 20 Nov. 42/3 The ‘Burma Bridge Busters’, as the 490th is called.

1944 Every Week 13 Mar. 188/3 The largest previous bombs weighed four tons. They are known as ‘block busters’. The new six-ton missiles have been named ‘factory busters’.

1946 Pop. Sci. Apr. 94/2 As much water as Mohne Dam let loose when it was wrecked by RAF ‘dam busters’.

1958 Life 10 Feb. 70 Our main purpose in further experimentation with nuclear bombs is not..to make city-busters more horrible.

1985 Def. & Foreign Affairs May 29/2 The Aerospatiale As-30 air-to-ground laser-guided ‘bunker buster’ missile.

1992 New Republic 27 Apr. 22/1 The (arguable) prowess of the Patriot anti-missile missile as a Scud-buster.

2006 M. Boot War made New viii. 260 The undercarriages of attack aircraft had to be modified to carry these ship-busters.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	-buster
释义	-bustercomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: buster n. Etymology: < buster n.Although consistently productive as a combining form since the early 20th cent., -buster has enjoyed three distinct periods of particular vogue: the first in 1930s America deriving from the popular radio series Gang Busters (1936–57), the second during World War II (see sense 3), and a third following the international success of the 1984 film Ghostbusters. Each period has seen a sudden proliferation of coinages, many short-lived. The more enduring compounds are for the most part listed at the first element or as separate entries: a selection of the less frequent formations is illustrated in this entry. Originally U.S. 1. Forming nouns denoting a person who or thing which ‘busts’ or breaks the first element (literally or figuratively), as belly-buster, knuckle-buster, rate-buster, skull-buster, etc.More established compounds of this nature are treated at the first element or as separate entries: see ball-buster n., bronco-buster n., chartbuster n., price buster n. at price n. Compounds 2, etc. ΚΠ 1835 U.S. Tel. (Washington, D.C.) 21 July The President's encomium upon Governor Wolf is a ‘gall buster’ to the disorganisers. 1897 Gentleman Farmer Feb. 127 We need..a curculio buster, a..potato bug assassinator. 1934 Amer. Speech 9 27/2 (Glossary of prison slang) Skull-buster, a detective. 1938 Boys' Life Oct. 12 Even hundreds of years ago there were atom-busters of a sort, and they called them ‘alchemists’. 1959 Pop. Sci. Mar. 218 Installing a wire hose clamp in tight quarters needn't be a knuckle-buster. 1970 C. Bay Struct. of Freedom ii. 46 Workers who speed up production, or ‘rate busters’ as they are called. 1972 J. Campbell Myths to live By vii. 141 The..carefully programmed sequences of brain-busters. 1992 C. McCarthy All Pretty Horses (1993) i. 31 What did you bring to shoot? said Rawlins. Just Grandad's old thumb-buster. 2006 P. Rusesabagina & T. Zoellner Ordinary Man i. 14 The meal served is always a belly buster. 2. colloquial (frequently in law enforcement). Forming nouns denoting a troubleshooting or problem-solving agent or agency that overcomes, deals with, or eradicates the first element, as booze-buster, bug-buster, dust-buster, etc.See also crimebuster n. at crime n. Compounds 3, drug-buster n. at drug n.¹ Compounds 1b, gangbuster n., union buster n. at union n.² Compounds 3, etc.In later use (from 1984) often after ghostbuster n.: see the etymology. ΚΠ 1872 Sci. Amer. 15 June 397/3 Cleveland has invented a patent bug buster, worked with an air pump. 1920 F. A. McKenzie ‘Pussyfoot’ Johnson v. 83 Men nicknamed him the ‘Booze Buster’, and cartoonists loved to picture him, revolver in hand,..fighting the demon rum. 1925 (film title) Crook buster. 1974 New Scientist 4 July 65/2 The professional fraud-busters [of the art world]. 1984 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 18 Nov. iv. 24/2 New York City traffic agents have become Gridlock Busters and cigarette foes are smokebusters. 1986 Verbatim Winter 4/2 Dust busters, a support group that helps women deal with housework. 1995 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 28 Mar. a 16/2 The best way to clean the rails is to send a regular train—commonly referred to as the ‘rust-buster’—along them slowly. 2008 Daily Tel. 4 Aug. (Business section) b8/2 Employers hire so-called union-busters to convince staff that voting for union recognition..is not in their best interests. 3. Chiefly Military slang. Forming nouns denoting personnel, or a weapon, device, etc., that attacks or destroys the first element, as balloon-buster, dam-buster, fort-buster, scud-buster, ship-buster, etc.See also blockbuster n. 1a, bunker buster n., tankbuster n. at tank n.⁷ Compounds 2, etc. ΚΠ 1940 Life 2 Sept. 29/1 (heading) German ‘balloon busters’ attack the Dover barrage. 1943 Newsweek 20 Nov. 42/3 The ‘Burma Bridge Busters’, as the 490th is called. 1944 Every Week 13 Mar. 188/3 The largest previous bombs weighed four tons. They are known as ‘block busters’. The new six-ton missiles have been named ‘factory busters’. 1946 Pop. Sci. Apr. 94/2 As much water as Mohne Dam let loose when it was wrecked by RAF ‘dam busters’. 1958 Life 10 Feb. 70 Our main purpose in further experimentation with nuclear bombs is not..to make city-busters more horrible. 1985 Def. & Foreign Affairs May 29/2 The Aerospatiale As-30 air-to-ground laser-guided ‘bunker buster’ missile. 1992 New Republic 27 Apr. 22/1 The (arguable) prowess of the Patriot anti-missile missile as a Scud-buster. 2006 M. Boot War made New viii. 260 The undercarriages of attack aircraft had to be modified to carry these ship-busters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < comb. form1835
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