burst
To break from internal pressure.
Verb 4 meanings
To break from internal pressure.
“I blew the balloon up too much, and it burst.”
To cause to break from internal pressure.
“I burst the balloon when I blew it up too much.”
To separate (printer paper) at perforation lines.
“I printed the report on form-feed paper, then burst the sheets.”
To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.
Noun 4 meanings
An act or instance of bursting.
“The bursts of the bombs could be heard miles away.”
A sudden, often intense, expression, manifestation or display.
“I read it in two bursts.”
A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm.
The explosion of a bomb or missile.
“a ground burst; a surface burst”
Etymology
From Middle English bresten, bersten, from Old English berstan, from Proto-West Germanic *brestan, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”), enlargement of *bʰreHi- (“to snip, split”).
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BURST at a glance
BURST has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (B 3 + U 1 + R 1 + S 1 + T 1) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,483 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with burst
All rhymes- FIRST8
- WORST8
- THIRST9
- OUTBURST10
- HURST8
- HORST8
- DURST6
- STARBURST11
- SUNBURST10
- HEADFIRST16
- KARST9
- BRATWURST14
One letter away
- BURNT7
- HURST8
- DURST6
- BURSA7
- WURST8
- BURSE7
- BUIST7
- CURST7
- BURET7
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