slumpbuster

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noun

Something that ends a slump.

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Meanings

nounslumpbuster (plural slumpbusters)

plural slumpbusters

  1. informalSomething 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. broadlyslangA 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

Origin

From slump + buster.

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APA

slumpbuster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slumpbuster

MLA

“slumpbuster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slumpbuster. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slumpbuster,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slumpbuster.

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