📖 Definitions of "Bursting"
verb
- 1
To break from internal pressure.
"I blew the balloon up too much, and it burst."
- 2
To cause to break from internal pressure.
"I burst the balloon when I blew it up too much."
- 3
To cause to break by any means.
- 4
To separate (printer paper) at perforation lines.
"I printed the report on form-feed paper, then burst the sheets."
noun
- 1
The act by which something bursts.
"the burstings of balloons"
adjective
- 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."
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