gangbusters - 2 dictionary results
gang⋅bust⋅er
[gang-buhs-ter] 
tər
–noun Informal.
| 1. | a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means. |
| 2. | someone or something having great impact, usually in a positive way. |
| 3. | gangbusters, an outstandingly successful state or situation: We aren't looking for gangbusters, but we'd like you to pass all your subjects this semester. |
–adjective Often, gangbusters.
—Idioms| 4. | of or like a law-enforcement officer who uses rough, aggressive, or sensational tactics in fighting crime: The undercover agents avoided the gangbusters approach. |
| 5. | strikingly effective or successful: a gangbusters year for compact cars. |
| 6. | enthusiastic: I'm not gangbusters over the idea. |
| 7. | go gangbusters, to be extremely successful: The movie went gangbusters. |
| 8. | like gangbusters, with great speed, intensity, vigor, impact, or success: The software market was growing like gangbusters. The hockey team came on at the beginning of the season like gangbusters. |
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Link To gangbusters
| gang·bus·ter (gāng'bŭs'tər) n. Slang A law enforcement officer who works to break up organized criminal groups. adj. also gangbusters Extremely successful: an experiment yielding gangbuster results; a profitable, gangbusters quarter. |
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