Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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buster

UK /ˈbʌstə/ · US /ˈbʌstɚ/ noun, proper noun

Forms busters

  1. noun (chiefly colloquial, with 'of') Someone who or something that bursts, breaks, or destroys a specified thing.
  2. noun (chiefly military slang) Forming compounds denoting a team, weapon, or device specialized in the destruction of the first element.
  3. noun (US, in particular, dated, slang) A broncobuster.
  4. noun (chiefly law enforcement slang) Forming compounds denoting an agent or agency tasked with reducing or eliminating the first element.
  5. noun (dated, slang) Someone or something remarkable, especially for being loud, large, etc.
  6. noun (colloquial, variously expressing familiarity, admiration, or hostility) A form of address, particularly of men: guy, dude, fella, mack, buddy, loser. (Originally as 'old buster'.)
  7. noun (obsolete, slang) A loaf of bread.
  8. noun (obsolete, slang) A drinking spree, a binge.
  9. proper noun A surname.
  10. proper noun A male given name.
  11. proper noun A male nickname.
  12. proper noun (colloquial, variously expressing familiarity, admiration, or hostility) Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person.

Synonyms

guy term of address for a man or person fellow dude bronco buster broncobuster baby buster

Etymology

Originally a dialectal variant of burster; later influenced by bust + -er.
The combining form of the term has appeared from the early 20th century but been especially prolific during three periods: in the 1930s, owing to the success of the radio series Gang Busters; in the 1940s, owing to its appearance as military slang; and in the 1980s, owing to the success of the movie Ghostbusters.

From Austrian German Buste (“pockmark, boil”), from Latin apostema (“boil”), + -er.

From buster.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun Something huge; a roistering blade; also, a spree. [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “buster”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details