bursting

adjectiveverbnounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈbɜːstɪŋ//
United States//ˈbɝstɪŋ//

Very eager (to do something).

adjective

1
Very eager (to do something).
I was bursting to tell him the secret.
2
Urgently needing to urinate.
Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm bursting.
The kid is bursting to go to the toilet.
3
So full (with something) as almost to erupt.
The newly stocked refrigerator is bursting with fresh vegetables.
Her heart was bursting with repressed emotion.

verb

1
Also a form of burstpresent participle and gerund of burst

noun

1
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 re-rail it that it was cut up on the spot.
Serious as was the flood damage in England, the bursting of some of the dykes on the coast of Holland resulted in an even more widespread and devastating inundation.

Forms

plural: burstings
comparative: more bursting
superlative: most bursting

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bursting · Very eager (to do something).

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