bursting

About 2.51 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Very eager (to do something).

   I was bursting to tell him the secret.

2. adjective Urgently needing to urinate.

   Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm bursting.

3. adjective So full (with something) as almost to erupt.

   The newly stocked refrigerator is bursting with fresh vegetables.

4. verb present participle and gerund of burst
5. noun The act by which something bursts.

   the burstings of balloons

Similar words

exploding explosive detonating overflowing full triggering flare-up disruption onset emergence

Often followed by

with into of out in forth from through at