Burst Definition

bûrst
bursting, bursts
verb
bursting, bursts
To come apart suddenly and violently, as from internal pressure; fly into pieces; break open or out; explode.
Webster's New World
To explode.
American Heritage
To fill or cause to swell to the bursting point.
Webster's New World
To go, come, start, appear, etc. suddenly and with force.
He burst into the room.
Webster's New World
To give sudden expression to some feeling; break (into tears, laughter, a tirade, etc.)
Webster's New World
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noun
bursts
The act of bursting; explosion, as of an artillery shell.
Webster's New World
The result of a bursting; break; rupture.
Webster's New World
A sudden, forceful action; spurt.
A burst of speed.
Webster's New World
The number of bullets fired from an automatic weapon by one pull of the trigger.
American Heritage
A sudden, violent display of feeling.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Burst

Noun

Singular:
burst
Plural:
bursts

Origin of Burst

  • Middle English bersten, from Old English berstan, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną (compare West Frisian boarste, Dutch barsten, Swedish brista), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰre-s-t- (compare Irish bris (“to break”)), enlargement of *bʰreHi- (“to snip, split”). More at brine.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English bursten from Old English berstan

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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