bursting

English

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Adjective

bursting (comparative more bursting, superlative most bursting)

Very eager (to do something).
I was bursting to tell him the secret.
(often followed by "to go to...") Urgently needing to urinate.
Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm bursting.

The kid is bursting to go to the toilet.

Synonyms

busting

Translations

urgently needing to urinate

Chinese:
Mandarin: 尿急 (zh) (niàojí)

Finnish: verb haljeta (fi), see e.g. halkeamaisillaan
Italian: impellenza (it), urgenza (it), bisogno impellente

Verb

bursting

present participle of burst

Noun

bursting (plural burstings)

The act by which something bursts.
the burstings of balloons

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