bursting

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɝstɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːstɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: burst‧ing

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.

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.

• busting

bursting

1. present participle and gerund of burst

• bursting point

bursting (plural burstings)

1. The act by which something bursts.

   the burstings of balloons

   • 1946 January and February, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes: G.W.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 55:

     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.

• bursting pressure