busting
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
busting (comparative more busting, superlative most busting)
- (often followed by "to go to...") Urgently needing to urinate.
- Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm busting.
- The kid is busting to go to the toilet.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
urgently needing to urinate — see bursting
Verb[edit]
busting
- present participle and gerund of bust
Noun[edit]
busting (plural bustings)
- (colloquial) The process of something being broken or exploded.
- 1874, “A Royal Salute”, in Belgravia, volume 23, page 180:
- O, sir! the explosions, the blowings-up, the bustings, the firings! There was bombshells flying about as big as houses.
- 2012, Iceberg Slim, Long White Con: The Biggest Score of His Life, page 12:
- Don't you see, laddie, you're much too valuable to squander your energies playing the lousy short con, suffering the cop roustings and head bustings, the chump change scores.