| slovo | definícia |
buster
(encz) | buster,chlapík n: Zdeněk Brož |
buster
(encz) | buster,mladíku Zdeněk Brož |
Buster
(gcide) | Buster \Bus"ter\ (b[u^]s"t[~e]r), n.
Something huge; a roistering blade; also, a spree. [Slang,
U.S.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster] |
buster
(wn) | buster
n 1: an informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what
are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?" [syn: fellow,
dude, buster]
2: a robust child
3: a person who breaks horses [syn: buster, bronco buster,
broncobuster]
4: a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something;
"dam buster"; "sanction buster"; "crime buster"
5: a person born in the generation following the baby boom when
the birth rate fell dramatically [syn: baby buster,
buster] |
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blockbuster
(mass) | blockbuster
- bomba, komerčne úspešný film |
blockbuster
(encz) | blockbuster,bomba n: Zdeněk Brožblockbuster,komerčně úspěšný film n: Petr Prášek |
buster
(encz) | buster,chlapík n: Zdeněk Brožbuster,mladíku Zdeněk Brož |
clot buster
(encz) | clot buster, n: |
filibuster
(encz) | filibuster,mařit jednání n: Zdeněk Brožfilibuster,obstrukce n: Zdeněk Brožfilibuster,průtah n: Zdeněk Brož |
filibusterer
(encz) | filibusterer, |
gangbusters
(encz) | gangbusters, |
middle buster
(encz) | middle buster, n: |
sodbuster
(encz) | sodbuster, n: |
trustbuster
(encz) | trustbuster, n: |
Filibuster
(gcide) | Filibuster \Fil"i*bus`ter\, n. [Sp. flibuster, flibustero,
corrupted fr. E. freebooter. See Freebooter.]
A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of
plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers
infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into
common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his
expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his
expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855.
[1913 Webster]Filibuster \Fil"i*bus*ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fillibustered;
p. pr. & vb. n. Filibustering.]
1. To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.
--Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other
artifices. [political cant or slang, U.S.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster] |
Filibustering
(gcide) | Filibuster \Fil"i*bus*ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fillibustered;
p. pr. & vb. n. Filibustering.]
1. To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.
--Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other
artifices. [political cant or slang, U.S.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster] |
Filibusterism
(gcide) | Filibusterism \Fil"i*bus`ter*ism\, n.
The characteristics or practices of a filibuster. --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster] |
Fillibuster
(gcide) | Fillibuster \Fil"li*bus`ter\, n.
See Filibuster.
[1913 Webster] |
Fillibustered
(gcide) | Filibuster \Fil"i*bus*ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fillibustered;
p. pr. & vb. n. Filibustering.]
1. To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.
--Bartlett.
[1913 Webster]
2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other
artifices. [political cant or slang, U.S.] --Bartlett.
[1913 Webster] |
southerly buster
(gcide) | Brickfielder \Brick"field`er\, n. [Australia]
1. Orig., at Sydney, a cold and violent south or southwest
wind, rising suddenly, and regularly preceded by a hot
wind from the north; -- now usually called {southerly
buster}. It blew across the Brickfields, formerly so
called, a district of Sydney, and carried clouds of dust
into the city.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. By confusion, a midsummer hot wind from the north.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
baby buster
(wn) | baby buster
n 1: a person born in the generation following the baby boom
when the birth rate fell dramatically [syn: baby buster,
buster] |
ball-buster
(wn) | ball-buster
n 1: a demanding woman who destroys men's confidence [syn:
ball-buster, ball-breaker]
2: a job or situation that is demanding and arduous and
punishing; "Vietnam was a ball-breaker" [syn: ball-buster,
ball-breaker] |
blockbuster
(wn) | blockbuster
n 1: a large bomb used to demolish extensive areas (as a city
block)
2: an unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and
huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel)
[syn: blockbuster, megahit, smash hit] |
bronco buster
(wn) | bronco buster
n 1: a person who breaks horses [syn: buster, bronco buster,
broncobuster] |
broncobuster
(wn) | broncobuster
n 1: a person who breaks horses [syn: buster, bronco buster,
broncobuster] |
bunker buster
(wn) | Bunker Buster
n 1: a 5,000 pound laser-guided bomb that can be programmed to
penetrate to a given depth before exploding; used to
penetrate hardened underground facilities [syn: {Bunker
Buster}, Guided Bomb Unit-28, GBU-28] |
buster
(wn) | buster
n 1: an informal form of address for a man; "Say, fellow, what
are you doing?"; "Hey buster, what's up?" [syn: fellow,
dude, buster]
2: a robust child
3: a person who breaks horses [syn: buster, bronco buster,
broncobuster]
4: a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something;
"dam buster"; "sanction buster"; "crime buster"
5: a person born in the generation following the baby boom when
the birth rate fell dramatically [syn: baby buster,
buster] |
buster keaton
(wn) | Buster Keaton
n 1: United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for
his acrobatic skills and deadpan face (1895-1966) [syn:
Keaton, Buster Keaton, Joseph Francis Keaton] |
clot buster
(wn) | clot buster
n 1: a kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking
the flow of blood to the heart muscle [syn: thrombolytic,
thrombolytic agent, clot buster] |
filibuster
(wn) | filibuster
n 1: a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay
or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes [syn:
filibuster, filibusterer]
2: (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by
making long speeches
v 1: obstruct deliberately by delaying |
filibusterer
(wn) | filibusterer
n 1: a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay
or obstruct legislation that he (or she) opposes [syn:
filibuster, filibusterer] |
middle buster
(wn) | middle buster
n 1: moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move
dirt to either side of a central furrow [syn: lister,
lister plow, lister plough, middlebreaker, {middle
buster}] |
sodbuster
(wn) | sodbuster
n 1: a person who operates a farm [syn: farmer, husbandman,
granger, sodbuster] |
trustbuster
(wn) | trustbuster
n 1: a federal agent who engages in trust busting |
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