Added to
Favorites
Sign Up
Log In
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Related Searches
Plymouth duster
Western wear dusters
Duster coats
Printable coupon swi...
Feather duster
Long black leather d...
Long trail duster co...
Dacia duster
Nearby Words
dusky grouse
dusky salamande...
dusky sea side ...
dusky sea-side ...
dusky seaside s...
dusky seaside s...
dusky seaside s...
dusky shark
dusky spar row
dusky spar-row
dusky sparrow
dusky-colored
dusky-coloured
dusky-footed wo...
dusky-footed wo...
dusky-grouse
dusky-shark
dusky-sparrow
dussek
dusseldorf
dust
dust bag
dust ball
dust bathe
dust bin
dust bowl
dust bunny
dust cart
dust catcher
dust cell
dust cloth
dust cloud
dust coat
dust contaminat...
dust counter
dust cover
dust curl
dust devil
dust down
dust explosion
dust gun
Synonyms
devil
MORE
duster
[
duhs
-ter
]
Origin
Professional
Dusters
www.uline.com/
ULINE - Over 25,000 Products. Huge Catalog! Same Day Shipping.
Static & Feather
Dusters
www.officedepot.com/
OfficeDepot.com Helps You Get Work & Cleaning Done. Shop Online Now!
Duster
www.walmart.com/
Duster
Save Money, Live Better, At Walmart
Ads
dust·er
/
ˈdʌs
tər
/
Show Spelled
[
duhs
-ter
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
a person or thing that removes or applies
dust
.
2.
a cloth, brush, etc., for removing
dust
.
3.
a lightweight housecoat.
4.
an apparatus or device for sprinkling
dust
,
powder, insecticide, or the like, especially on plants.
5.
a person employed in spreading insecticidal
dusts
or the like on crops from a low-flying plane.
EXPAND
6.
a long, light overgarment, worn especially in the early days of open automobiles to protect the clothing from
dust
.
7.
a summer-weight coat for women that is loose-fitting and often unlined.
8.
dust storm.
9.
Baseball
.
a ball purposely thrown by a pitcher at or dangerously close to a batter.
10.
dry hole.
11.
(
initial capital letter
)
Military
.
a self-propelled U.S. antiaircraft gun of the 1950s, armed with twin 40mm cannon.
COLLAPSE
The Container Store®
www.containerstore.com/
Get your cleaning solutions at The Container Store official site.
Ad
Origin:
1570–80;
dust
+
-er
1
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
duster
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Duster
is always a great word to know.
So is
flibbertigibbet
. Does it mean:
So is
lollapalooza
. Does it mean:
So is
ort
. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
Collins
World English Dictionary
duster
(ˈdʌstə)
—
n
1.
US name:
dust cloth
a cloth used for dusting furniture, etc
2.
a machine for blowing out dust over trees or crops
3.
a person or thing that dusts
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
duster
1570s, "dust brush for clothes," from
dust
. Meaning "sifter" is from 1660s; that of "cloth worn to keep off dust" is from 1864.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Slang Dictionary
duster definition
n.
the buttocks. (See also
rusty-dusty
.) :
She fell down right on her duster.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo Rating For
Duster
People who can define
Duster
may know
12,513
words.
How many words do you know?
Use Dictionary.com faster without ads >>
Related Words
crop duster
dry hole
dust storm
dust storm
feather duster
MORE
Matching Quote
"Always polite, fastidiously dressed in a linen
duster
and mask, he used to leave behind facetious rhymes signed "Black Bart, Po—8," in mail and express boxes after he had finished rifling them."
-for the State of California
MORE
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Thesaurus
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright ©
2012
. All rights reserved.
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT