bursting
Syllables: burst·ingUK/ˈbɜːstɪŋ//ˈbɝstɪŋ/
bursting adjective: very eager (to do something). Also the present participle and gerund of burst.
Adjective
bursting (comparative more bursting, superlative most bursting)
- Very eager (to do something).
- I was bursting to tell him the secret.
- Urgently needing to urinate.
- Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm bursting.
- The kid is bursting to go to the toilet.
- So full (with something) as almost to erupt.
- The newly stocked refrigerator is bursting with fresh vegetables.
- Her heart was bursting with repressed emotion.
Noun
bursting (plural burstings)
- The act by which something bursts.
- the burstings of balloons
- The locomotive involved in the derailment of the 4.33 a.m. train from Ruabon to Barmouth on the night of October 6, due to the bursting of the banks of the Shropshire Union Canal near Llangollen, was 2-6-0 No. 6315; the position into which the locomotive fell so completely defied all attempts to...1946 January and February, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes: G.W.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 55
Also used as
bursting is also the present participle and gerund of burst.
bursting meaning in Hindi and Bengali
bursting in Hindi
- फूटना
bursting in Bengali
- ফেটে যাওয়া
Synonyms of bursting
Forms of bursting
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more bursting |
| superlative | most bursting |
| Noun | |
| plural | burstings |
Words formed from bursting
Phrases with bursting
- bursting in
- bursting up
- bursting out
- bursting into
- bursting forth
- bursting pressures
- bursting into tears
- bursting into flames
- bursting into flower
- bursting at the seams
- bursting out laughing
- bursting a blood vessel
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Questions about bursting
- What does bursting mean?
- Bursting means very eager (to do something).
- What is bursting in Hindi?
- Bursting in Hindi is फूटना. See Bursting meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bursting?
- Bursting can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce bursting?
- Bursting is pronounced /ˈbɝstɪŋ/ (US).
Words near bursting in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bursting (page history and authors); bursting (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bursting (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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