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busting en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈbʌstɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (followed by "to go to...", often) Urgently needing to urinate. Alternative form of bursting.
    • The kid is busting to go to the toilet.
    • Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm busting.

Forms

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most busting Degree=Sup lexicographic
more busting Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

cache busting

Synonyms

bursting

busting en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈbʌstɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) The process of something being broken or exploded.
    • Don't you see, laddie, you're much too valuable to squander your energies playing the lousy short con, suffering the cop roustings and head bustings, the chump change scores. 2012, Iceberg Slim, Long White Con: The Biggest Score of His Life, page 12:
    • O, sir! the explosions, the blowings-up, the bustings, the firings! There was bombshells flying about as big as houses. 1874, “A Royal Salute”, in Belgravia, volume 23, page 180:

Forms

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bustings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

racketbusting · blockbusting · doorbusting · ballbusting · cloudbusting · ghostbusting · tankbusting · trustbusting · swampbusting · stressbusting · unionbusting · dambusting · quackbusting · crimebusting · trend-busting · mutton busting · sodbusting · chartbusting · gangbusting

busting en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈbʌstɪŋ/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of bust
    form of bust