gangbuster
7.7
Very strong and energetic in style
- adjective
- /ˈɡæŋˌbʌstər/
- Informal
:
enérgico
- The team's gangbuster performance left the crowd in awe during the championship match.
Examples
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Her gangbuster approach to business negotiations secured the biggest deal of the year.
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The movie was a gangbuster hit, breaking all records at the box office.
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This is gangbuster fight or flight all the time.
Synonyms
5
7.4
Acts violently to scare other people
is forceful and energetic but not necessarily violent
9.9
Loud and lively in a rough, out of control way
is aggressive and forceful rather than merely loud and unruly
How Forceful
Surface Forms
gangbuster positive
Morphology
Etymology
Gangbuster comes from gang, meaning 'a group of criminals', and buster from bust, meaning 'to break' or 'to arrest'. So calling a start or performance gangbuster suggests it is very forceful and powerful, like something that would 'break' a gang.