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gangbuster

noun

gang·​bust·​er ˈgaŋ-ˌbə-stər How to pronounce gangbuster (audio)
: one engaged in the aggressive breakup of organized criminal gangs
Phrases
like gangbusters
: with great or excessive force or aggressiveness
came on like gangbusters
also : with great speed or success
was selling like gangbusters

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Arnold Kamler, chief executive of the bicycle importer and producer Kent International, says business has slowed markedly after gangbuster sales in 2020 and 2021, when demand surged and there was shortage of bikes. Don Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2022 With this holiday shopping season predicted to generate gangbuster sales, adequate staffing is crucial to minimize burnout of staff that’s already overworked. Rob Walker, Fortune, 1 Dec. 2021 Seitz, who once owned a newspaper that promoted Branson’s entertainment industry, boasted in an interview that the Ozark tourist town was doing gangbuster business after a year of being mostly shut down. Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 21 July 2021 And while no single category has done gangbuster business, anything relating to science and math seems to have been doing very, very well during the pandemic. James Tarmy, Bloomberg.com, 9 Nov. 2020 But at the time, neither governments nor consumers seemed too concerned about emissions, and the demand for oil was growing like gangbusters to fuel a global economic expansion. Justin Worland, Time, 16 Jan. 2020 One final word to the wise: Test on a small area before going gangbusters. Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 15 May 2020 The elderberries have been growing like gangbusters. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2020 Both men are Jewish, from the Northeast, and neither one has done gangbusters among African Americans in their past campaigns for office. Jim Geraghty, National Review, 11 Feb. 2020 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of gangbuster was in 1930
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