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Definition bursting in American English

bursting adjective

adjective
/ˈbɜrstɪŋ/
1

if you are bursting with something such as pride, energy, or love, you feel or have a lot of it

Example

He was bursting with excitement.

Example

The new teacher was enthusiastic and bursting with ideas.

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1.1

impatient because you want very much to do something

Example

I'm absolutely bursting to tell you what happened.

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2

if a place is bursting, it is very full

Example

The bars were already bursting at 7 o'clock.

Example

The camps are bursting at the seams with refugees.

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3

feeling very strongly that you need to urinate

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Definition bursting in American English