Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A law enforcement officer who works to break up organized criminal groups.
- adjective Extremely successful.
- idiom (like gangbusters) With great impact, vigor, or zeal.
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- noun A
law enforcement officer who specializes in disruptingorganized crime .
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Examples
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"I think you have look at what has been happening in India of late," Walker said, using the term gangbuster to describe buying with premiums soaring.
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While both the U.S. beef and pork industries are having "gangbuster" years for exports in
CattleNetwork 2008
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Profit rose 54% to $6.6 billion, missing analysts' expectations—a rarity for a company that has been experiencing gangbuster growth.
Apple Loses Some of Its Shine Jessica E. Vascellaro 2011
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I guess I don't know who they are spending like gangbuster for.
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Not in a gangbuster way, but they keep getting a little bit better week over week, and month over month.
Europe Clouds U.S. Stocks Steven Russolillo 2011
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The same is true for famed gangbuster, and New York governor Tom Dewey, also fated to run against an invincible FDR, then, in a more famous and unexpected defeat, against Harry Truman in 1948.
A Nazi Story That Still Surprises Dorothy Rabinowitz 2011
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"If you have a gangbuster barreling along La Nina like last year, that greatly increases the odds of flooding," says Andrew Watkins, manager of climate prediction with the Australian government's Bureau of Meteorology in Melbourne.
Coal Miners, Steelmakers Jittery As Wet Season Starts David Fickling 2011
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It's still a bit early in the model year for full-on gangbuster sales, but there are bargains to be found: Take the BMW X5 35d, a great diesel SUV with all-wheel drive and a powerful 3.0 liter twin-turbo engine.
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It's still a bit early in the model year for full-on gangbuster sales, but there are bargains to be found: Take the BMW X5 35d, a great diesel SUV with all-wheel drive and a powerful 3.0 liter twin-turbo engine.
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Not surprisingly, companies with gangbuster growth defy easy stereotypes.
Small businesses: Measuring their power and their problems 2010
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