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Webster 1828 Edition


Bursting

BURST'ING

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ppr.
Rending or parting by violence; exploding.

Definition 2024


bursting

bursting

English

Adjective

bursting (comparative more bursting, superlative most bursting)

  1. Very eager (to do something).
    I was bursting to tell him the secret.
  2. (often followed by "to go to...") Urgently needing to urinate.
    Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm bursting.
    The kid is bursting to go to the toilet.

Translations

Synonyms

Verb

bursting

  1. present participle of burst

Noun

bursting (plural burstings)

  1. The act by which something bursts.
    the burstings of balloons