bursting
/ˈbɜːstɪŋ/ · verb
Meaning
- To break from internal pressure.
- To cause to break from internal pressure.
- To cause to break by any means.
- To separate (printer paper) at perforation lines.
- To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.
- To erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting.
- The act by which something bursts.
- Very eager (to do something).
- (often followed by "to go to...") Urgently needing to urinate.
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