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
Origin of Burst
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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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