-bustingcomb. 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. Etymons: English busting , bust v.², busting n.

Etymology: In sense 1 < busting, present participle of bust v.²; compare busting adj. In sense 2 < busting n.

a. Forming adjectives designating something which bursts or breaks something denoted by the first element (literally or figuratively), as belly-busting, brain-busting, heart-busting, tooth-busting, etc. Also (chiefly Military slang): forming adjectives designating weaponry, a vehicle, etc., used to attack or destroy something denoted by the first element, as dam-busting, tank-busting, etc. Cf. -buster comb. form 1, 3.More established compounds of this nature are treated at the first element or as separate entries: see ball-busting adj., blockbusting adj., clot-busting adj. at clot n. Additions, etc.

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1761 Gentleman's Mag. May 232/1 Grief, Pow'rless of utterance, come heart-busting.

1925 Amer. Mercury Dec. 492/1 Not rib-busting, perhaps, but comedy of a very fair sort.

1953 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Aug. 519/3 It remained for ‘dam-busting’ Lancasters of the Royal Air Force..to deliver the coup de grâce.

1967 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 23 Aug. 30/3 ‘Barefoot’, the story of a young couple's first week of marriage in a lung-busting sixth floor brownstone, is still a gem.

1984 Washington Post 25 June b5/1 Fruit should be pureed so that it won't freeze into hard, tooth-busting blocks.

1991 Britain's Gulf War 15/1 Around 2,000 up-to-the-minute aircraft ranging from the massive B52 bombers to tank-busting helicopters.

1996 Face Apr. 36/1 Smith..trains his class through a rigorous course of falls, jumps and rolls in preparation for appearances in Hollywood's ever-increasing number of hyper-realistic limb-busting action shots.

2004 S. R. Shaber Big Funeral ii. 28 He was finishing up a brain-busting exam for North Carolina History.

b. Forming adjectives designating a person or agency that overcomes, deals with, or eradicates something denoted by the first element, as booze busting, drug busting, etc. Cf. -buster comb. form 2.See also crime-busting adj. and n. (a) at crime n. Compounds 3, racket-busting adj. at racket n.² Compounds 1, union-busting adj. and n. at union n.² Compounds 3, etc.

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1906 Muskogee (Indian Territory) Phoenix 24 May 2/1 This deputy is a rival to the other ‘booze busting’ marshals in the territory.

1990 Weekly World News 27 Nov. 47/1 ‘I adore my life as a home-maker and Vanda loves bringing home the bacon,’ says dust-busting Bruce.

1998 M. Fortun & H. J. Bernstein Muddling Through iv. 136 Two rather self-aggrandizing, ‘fraud-busting’ scientists at the National Institutes of Health.

2008 H. Campbell Drug War Zone 8 Drug-smuggling Mexicans vs. drug-busting or drug-consuming gringos.

a. Forming nouns denoting the activity of ‘busting’ or breaking something denoted by the first element (literally or figuratively). Also (chiefly Military slang): forming nouns denoting the activity of attacking or destroying something denoted by the first element.See also bronco-busting n. and adj., bunker-busting n. at bunker n.¹ Additions, ghostbusting n., rate-busting n. at rate n.¹ Compounds 1b, etc.

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1907 Chicago Sunday Tribune 3 Feb. vi. 2/1 ‘Brat busting’ promises to give to the anti-cruelty organization their first opening in a field of constructive work.

1934 N.Y. Times 27 May iv. 1/1 Violence, including ‘head busting’, has characterized the conduct of the three important strikes that now are troubling the government and local communities.

1941 Washington Post 12 Oct. (Amusements section) 5/2 Convention-busting has its points.

1979 D. Beaty White Sea-bird 260 We lost five Blenheims ship-busting in four days.

1980 M. Shoard Theft of Countryside v. xvi. 174 The more recently developed technique of ‘pan-busting’, that is breaking up soil and sub-soil that has become compacted..with a gadget which bursts the bottom of each furrow to a depth of up to 36 inches.

2000 W. E. Thompson Bandits over Baghdad v. 157 After talking with numerous pilots about their missions, it appears that all of them tried their hand at ‘bridge busting’.

b. Forming nouns denoting the activity of overcoming, dealing with, or eradicating something denoted by the first element.

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1920 F. A. McKenzie ‘Pussyfoot’ Johnson iv. 69 ‘Booze busting has been due for some time,’ said the local paper.

1970 J. Wambaugh New Centurions 269 The doctrine of eminent domain had succeeded in gang busting where the police, probation department, and juvenile court had failed.

2001 L. Mizejewski in M. Tinkcom & A. Villarejo Keyframes (2003) viii. 162 She is stalled in her career and relegated to dreaded assignments such as drug-busting.

2003 R. L. Gale Mickey Spillane Compan. 211 Next morning the radio and papers report further vice busting.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	-busting
释义	-bustingcomb. 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. Etymons: English busting , bust v.², busting n. Etymology: In sense 1 < busting, present participle of bust v.²; compare busting adj. In sense 2 < busting n. 1. a. Forming adjectives designating something which bursts or breaks something denoted by the first element (literally or figuratively), as belly-busting, brain-busting, heart-busting, tooth-busting, etc. Also (chiefly Military slang): forming adjectives designating weaponry, a vehicle, etc., used to attack or destroy something denoted by the first element, as dam-busting, tank-busting, etc. Cf. -buster comb. form 1, 3.More established compounds of this nature are treated at the first element or as separate entries: see ball-busting adj., blockbusting adj., clot-busting adj. at clot n. Additions, etc. ΚΠ 1761 Gentleman's Mag. May 232/1 Grief, Pow'rless of utterance, come heart-busting. 1925 Amer. Mercury Dec. 492/1 Not rib-busting, perhaps, but comedy of a very fair sort. 1953 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Aug. 519/3 It remained for ‘dam-busting’ Lancasters of the Royal Air Force..to deliver the coup de grâce. 1967 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 23 Aug. 30/3 ‘Barefoot’, the story of a young couple's first week of marriage in a lung-busting sixth floor brownstone, is still a gem. 1984 Washington Post 25 June b5/1 Fruit should be pureed so that it won't freeze into hard, tooth-busting blocks. 1991 Britain's Gulf War 15/1 Around 2,000 up-to-the-minute aircraft ranging from the massive B52 bombers to tank-busting helicopters. 1996 Face Apr. 36/1 Smith..trains his class through a rigorous course of falls, jumps and rolls in preparation for appearances in Hollywood's ever-increasing number of hyper-realistic limb-busting action shots. 2004 S. R. Shaber Big Funeral ii. 28 He was finishing up a brain-busting exam for North Carolina History. b. Forming adjectives designating a person or agency that overcomes, deals with, or eradicates something denoted by the first element, as booze busting, drug busting, etc. Cf. -buster comb. form 2.See also crime-busting adj. and n. (a) at crime n. Compounds 3, racket-busting adj. at racket n.² Compounds 1, union-busting adj. and n. at union n.² Compounds 3, etc. ΚΠ 1906 Muskogee (Indian Territory) Phoenix 24 May 2/1 This deputy is a rival to the other ‘booze busting’ marshals in the territory. 1990 Weekly World News 27 Nov. 47/1 ‘I adore my life as a home-maker and Vanda loves bringing home the bacon,’ says dust-busting Bruce. 1998 M. Fortun & H. J. Bernstein Muddling Through iv. 136 Two rather self-aggrandizing, ‘fraud-busting’ scientists at the National Institutes of Health. 2008 H. Campbell Drug War Zone 8 Drug-smuggling Mexicans vs. drug-busting or drug-consuming gringos. 2. a. Forming nouns denoting the activity of ‘busting’ or breaking something denoted by the first element (literally or figuratively). Also (chiefly Military slang): forming nouns denoting the activity of attacking or destroying something denoted by the first element.See also bronco-busting n. and adj., bunker-busting n. at bunker n.¹ Additions, ghostbusting n., rate-busting n. at rate n.¹ Compounds 1b, etc. ΚΠ 1907 Chicago Sunday Tribune 3 Feb. vi. 2/1 ‘Brat busting’ promises to give to the anti-cruelty organization their first opening in a field of constructive work. 1934 N.Y. Times 27 May iv. 1/1 Violence, including ‘head busting’, has characterized the conduct of the three important strikes that now are troubling the government and local communities. 1941 Washington Post 12 Oct. (Amusements section) 5/2 Convention-busting has its points. 1979 D. Beaty White Sea-bird 260 We lost five Blenheims ship-busting in four days. 1980 M. Shoard Theft of Countryside v. xvi. 174 The more recently developed technique of ‘pan-busting’, that is breaking up soil and sub-soil that has become compacted..with a gadget which bursts the bottom of each furrow to a depth of up to 36 inches. 2000 W. E. Thompson Bandits over Baghdad v. 157 After talking with numerous pilots about their missions, it appears that all of them tried their hand at ‘bridge busting’. b. Forming nouns denoting the activity of overcoming, dealing with, or eradicating something denoted by the first element. ΚΠ 1920 F. A. McKenzie ‘Pussyfoot’ Johnson iv. 69 ‘Booze busting has been due for some time,’ said the local paper. 1970 J. Wambaugh New Centurions 269 The doctrine of eminent domain had succeeded in gang busting where the police, probation department, and juvenile court had failed. 2001 L. Mizejewski in M. Tinkcom & A. Villarejo Keyframes (2003) viii. 162 She is stalled in her career and relegated to dreaded assignments such as drug-busting. 2003 R. L. Gale Mickey Spillane Compan. 211 Next morning the radio and papers report further vice busting. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < comb. form1761
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