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slumpbuster

slumpbuster noun: something that ends a slump.

Noun

slumpbuster (plural slumpbusters)

  1. (informal) Something that ends a slump.
    • "Shields is the guy the Rays count on as the slumpbuster instead of Kazmir because he'll do whatever the team needs on that particular day."2009, Paul Lebowitz, Paul Lebowitz's 2009 Baseball Guide: A Complete Guide to the 2009 Baseball ...
  2. (broadly, slang) A person's first sexual partner after a slump (period without sex).
    • "When one is looking for a slumpbuster, a hog, or “road beef” (as Canseco puts it), he seeks out, as Grace mentioned, the “fattest gnarliest chick you can uncover” in order to try to break out of a slump.2009, Esther D. Rothblum, Sondra Solovay, The Fat Studies Reader - Page 158

Forms of slumpbuster

pluralslumpbusters

Origin of slumpbuster

From slump + buster.

Questions about slumpbuster

What does slumpbuster mean?
Slumpbuster means something that ends a slump.
What part of speech is slumpbuster?
Slumpbuster is a noun.
What is the plural of slumpbuster?
The plural of slumpbuster is slumpbusters.

Words near slumpbuster in the dictionary

  1. slummy
  2. slumness
  3. slump
  4. slump down
  5. slumpage
  6. slumpbuster
  7. slumpbusters
  8. slumped
  9. slumped down
  10. slumper
  11. slumpers

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