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bracket buster

bracket buster noun: an American college basketball team that unexpectedly defeats a higher-ranked team in a tournament.

Noun

bracket buster (plural bracket busters)

  1. (US, informal) An American college basketball team that unexpectedly defeats a higher-ranked team in a tournament.

Forms of bracket buster

pluralbracket busters

Questions about bracket buster

What does bracket buster mean?
Bracket buster means an American college basketball team that unexpectedly defeats a higher-ranked team in a tournament.
What part of speech is bracket buster?
Bracket buster is a noun.
What is the plural of bracket buster?
The plural of bracket buster is bracket busters.

Words near bracket buster in the dictionary

  1. Brackenses
  2. brackeny
  3. bracker
  4. brackest
  5. bracket
  6. bracket buster
  7. bracket busters
  8. bracket clock
  9. bracket clocks
  10. bracket creep
  11. bracket fungi

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