Slumpbuster

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Something that ends a slump. informal

    ""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.""

  2. 2
    A person's first sexual partner after a slump (period without sex). broadly, slang

    ""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."

Example

More examples

""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.""

Etymology

From slump + buster.

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