bursting

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English

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: burst‧ing

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.

Synonyms

Translations

Verb

bursting

  1. present participle of burst

Noun

bursting (plural burstings)

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