burst out en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Analytic form of the earlier outburst.
Meanings
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(intransitive, literally) To appear suddenly from within something else.
Shouts and screams burst out from the television's speakers
2001, Matthew Reilly, Temple:They began scurrying to the sides, to make way for the rogue galaxy of bodies that had just burst out of the courtroom
2008, Tom Wolfe, Bonfire of the Vanities:
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(intransitive) To display sudden powerful emotion.
My parents exchanged amused glances and burst out laughing.
1993, Leslie Feinberg, Stone butch blues:
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(intransitive) To speak emotionally or suddenly
As soon as the woman's back was turned, Joe burst out, "There, there! see what you've done with your damned foolishness."
2007, Paul Laurence Dunbar, The Sport of the Gods:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| burst out | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| burst out | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| bursting out | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bursts out | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (11)
la ērumpō (to appear suddenly from within something else) · de hervorbrechen (to appear suddenly from within something else) · fi ryöpsähtää (to appear suddenly from within something else) · es prorrumpir (to appear suddenly from within something else) · cy taro allan (to speak emotionally or suddenly) · ro izbucni (to appear suddenly from within something else) · es prorrumpir (to speak emotionally or suddenly) · fi purskahtaa (to appear suddenly from within something else) · ga scread (to speak emotionally or suddenly) · fi syöksähtää (to appear suddenly from within something else) · de herausbrechen (to appear suddenly from within something else)