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bursting into

bursting into is the present participle and gerund of burst into.

Meaning of burst into

Verb

burst into (third-person singular simple present bursts into, present participle bursting into, simple past and past participle burst into)

  1. (transitive) To suddenly start doing or producing something.
    • to burst into cheers; to burst into laughter

Questions about bursting into

What is bursting into the present participle and gerund of?
Bursting into is the present participle and gerund of burst into.

Words near bursting into in the dictionary

  1. bursting
  2. bursting a blood vessel
  3. bursting at the seams
  4. bursting forth
  5. bursting in
  6. bursting into
  7. bursting into flames
  8. bursting into flower
  9. bursting into tears
  10. bursting out
  11. bursting out laughing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bursting into (page history and authors); burst into (page history and authors). 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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