skull-buster

1. slang An intensely painful headache or migraine. It started as just a twinge of pain in my forehead, but by the end of the day I was in the throes a full-blown skull-buster. It was a great night, but I woke up with a real skull-buster and the worst nausea of my life.

2. slang Something very confusing, complicated, or puzzling. A: "There just doesn't seem to be a way we can reach our quotas without going over budget." B: "It's a skull-buster, to be sure." I love trying to figure out the crosswords in the newspaper each Sunday. Today's is a total skull-buster!

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

skull-buster

and skull-popper

1. n. a difficult course in school or college. The course was a skull-buster, and I had to drop it.

2. n. a police officer. (Refers to the striking of skulls.) Two skull-poppers came up and started asking questions.

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

skull-popper
throe
be in the throes of
fix somebody with a look, stare, gaze, etc.
powerstudy
studied
in the throes
in the throes of (something)
in the throes of something
in the throes of something/doing something

References in periodicals archive

The knife's corpulent, yet comfortable handle features a deep finger choil, hearty textured G10 scales, and a skull-buster base with lanyard hole.

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释义	skull-buster skull-buster 1. slang An intensely painful headache or migraine. It started as just a twinge of pain in my forehead, but by the end of the day I was in the throes a full-blown skull-buster. It was a great night, but I woke up with a real skull-buster and the worst nausea of my life. 2. slang Something very confusing, complicated, or puzzling. A: "There just doesn't seem to be a way we can reach our quotas without going over budget." B: "It's a skull-buster, to be sure." I love trying to figure out the crosswords in the newspaper each Sunday. Today's is a total skull-buster! Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. skull-buster and skull-popper 1. n. a difficult course in school or college. The course was a skull-buster, and I had to drop it. 2. n. a police officer. (Refers to the striking of skulls.) Two skull-poppers came up and started asking questions. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: skull-popper throe be in the throes of fix somebody with a look, stare, gaze, etc. powerstudy studied in the throes in the throes of (something) in the throes of something in the throes of something/doing something References in periodicals archive The knife's corpulent, yet comfortable handle features a deep finger choil, hearty textured G10 scales, and a skull-buster base with lanyard hole. Pound this! Grayman adds a modern Bowie to their popular Mega-Pounder series
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