Buster

See also: buster

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbʌstɚ/

Etymology 1

From Austrian German Buste (“pockmark, boil”), from Latin apostema (“boil”), + -er.

Proper noun

Buster

1. A surname.

Etymology 2

From buster.

Proper noun

Buster

1. A male given name.
2. A male nickname.
3. (colloquial, variously expressing familiarity, admiration, or hostility) Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person.
   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

     Beginning with a curt “Listen, Buster,” she proceeded to sketch out with admirable clearness the salient points in the situation as she envisaged it [...] “I thought she was splendidly firm.” “Yes, sir.” “It's the red hair that does it, I imagine.” “Yes, sir.” “If anyone had told me that I should live to hear Aubrey Upjohn addressed as ‘Buster’ ...”

   • 1994, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avary, Pulp Fiction, spoken by The Wolf (Harvey Keitel):

     Set this straight, Buster. I'm not here to say "please." I'm here to tell you want to do. And if self-preservation is an instinct you possess, you better fuckin' do it and do it quick.

Anagrams

• Strube, Stuber, brutes, burets, rebuts, surbet, tubers