Dictionary Definition
burst adj : suddenly and violently broken open
especially from internal pressure (`busted' is an informal term for
`burst'); "a burst balloon"; "burst pipes"; "burst seams"; "a
ruptured appendix"; "a busted balloon" [syn: ruptured, busted]
Noun
1 the act of exploding or bursting something;
"the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst
of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft" [syn: explosion]
2 rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms; "our
fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise" [syn:
fusillade, salvo, volley]
3 a sudden flurry of activity (often for no
obvious reason); "a burst of applause"; "a fit of housecleaning"
[syn: fit]
4 a sudden violent happening; "an outburst of
heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning" [syn: outburst, flare-up]
Verb
1 break open or apart suddenly; "The bubble
burst" [syn: split,
break
open]
2 force out or release suddenly and often
violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"
[syn: break, erupt]
4 move suddenly, energetically, or violently; "He
burst out of the house into the cool night"
5 be in a state of movement or action; "The room
abounded with screaming children"; "The garden bristled with
toddlers" [syn: abound,
bristle]
6 emerge suddenly; "The sun burst into
view"
7 cause to burst; "The ice broke the pipe" [syn:
collapse]
8 break open or apart suddenly and forcefully;
"The dam burst" [syn: bust]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
- From berstan.
Pronunciation
- US: /bɜrst/
- UK: /bɜːst/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(r)st
Noun
- An instance of, or the act of bursting.
- The bursts of the bombs could be heard miles away.
Translations
instance or act of bursting
- Finnish: räjähdys, puhkeaminen
Verb
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
to break from internal pressure
- Czech: prasknout
- Dutch: barsten
- Finnish: haljeta, puhjeta, räjähtää
- French: éclater
- German: platzen, zerplatzen, bersten
- Hungarian: szétpukkan
- Indonesian: meletus, meletup
- Italian: scoppiare
- Polish: pękać
- Portuguese: arrebentar, estourar
- Spanish: reventar
- Telugu: పగిలిపోవు (pagilipOvu)
- Turkish: patlamak
- Vietnamese: bị bể
to cause to burst
Old High German
Etymology
Common Germanic, akin to Old English byrst, Old Norse burstNoun
burstExtensive Definition
Burst may refer to:
- Burst
mode, a mode of operation where events occur in rapid
succession
- Burst transmission, a term in telecommunications
- Burst switching, a feature of some packet-switched networks
- Bursting, a signaling mode of neurons
- Burst phase, a feature of the PAL television format
- Burst fracture, a type of spinal injury
- Burst charge, a component of some fireworks
- Burst noise, type of electronic noise that occurs in semiconductors.
- Burst finish, a two- or three-color faded effect applied to musical instruments. Sunburst is best known.
Burst may also refer to:
- Burst, a town in Erpe-Mere
- Burst.com, a software company
- Burst Radio, the University of Bristol student radio station
- Burst (band), a Swedish progressive metal band
- Burst!, a Bittorrent client
burst in Polish: Burst
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
access,
ado, aggravated, agitation, antiaircraft
barrage, backfire,
bang, bark, barrage, belch, blast, blaze, blaze of temper, blow out,
blow up, blowout,
blowup, bombardment, boom, bother, botheration, box barrage,
breach, break, break open, break up,
breakage, broadside, broken, bump, burned, burst, burst of speed, bury, bust, busted, bustle, cache, cannonade, cannonry, canter, cascade, check, checked, chip, chipped, clap, clash, cleft, coffin, come apart, come unstuck,
commotion, conceal, convulsion, cover, crack, cracked, crash, crazed, creeping barrage,
crump, cut, cyclone, damaged, dash, dead run, debouchment, deflagration, deteriorated, detonate, detonation, discharge, disintegrate, dissiliency, dive, dogtrot, drive, drumfire, embittered, emergency
barrage, enfilade,
ensconce, entomb, eructation, eruption, exacerbated, exfoliate, explode, explosion, fall to pieces,
feery-fary, ferment,
fidgetiness,
fire, fissure, fit, flank speed, flap, flare, flare up, flare-up,
flash, flash fire,
flat-out speed, flop,
flurry, fluster, flutter, flutteriness, forced draft,
fracture, fragment, fulguration, full gallop,
fulminate, fulmination, fusillade, fuss, fussiness, gale, gallop, gap, give away, give way, go off,
gunshot, gush, gust, hand gallop, harmed, headlong rush, heavy
right foot, hide, high
lope, high words, hubbub,
hullabaloo, hurricane, hurt, impaired, imperfect, in bits, in pieces,
in shards, inhume,
injured, inter, inurn, irritated, irruption, jet, jog trot, knock, lacerated, lay away, lay to
rest, let off, lope,
lunge, maelstrom, mangled, maximum speed, mortar
barrage, mushroom,
mutilated, normal
barrage, occult, open
throttle, outbreak,
outburst, paroxysm, pash, pitch, plant, plunge, pop, pother, puncture, put away, race, rap, rapids, rent, report, restlessness, rift, rip, rive, run, rupture, ruptured, rush, sally, salvo, scalded, scale, scamper, scene, scorched, scramble, screen, scud, scurry, scuttle, secrete, seizure, sepulcher, sepulture, set off, shatter, shattered, shiver, shoot, shot, shower, slam, slap, slash, slashed, slat, slice, slit, smack, smash, smashed, smatter, snap, spasm, spate, spew, splat, splinter, split, spray, spring a leak, sprint, sprung, spurt, standing barrage, start, stash, stew, stir, storm, swap, sweat, swirl, tap, tear, tempest, the worse for, thwack, to-do, tomb, torn, tornado, torrent, touch off, trot, tumult, unquiet, upheaval, volcan, volley, vortex, weakened, whack, wham, whap, whirl, whirlwind, whomp, whop, wide-open speed, worse, worse off, worsened