(intransitive) To break from internal pressure. / (transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure. / (transitive, obsolete) To cause to break by any means.

An act or instance of bursting. / A sudden, often intense, expression, manifestation or display. / A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm. / (military) The explosion of a bomb or missile.

Very eager (to do something). / (often followed by "to go to...") Urgently needing to urinate. / So full (with something) as almost to erupt.

present participle of burst

The act by which something bursts.

plural of burst

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of burst

(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of burst

(idiomatic) to enter suddenly and unexpectedly

plural of bursting