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busting
/ˈbʌstɪŋ/
adj 1noun 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
open
VERB + BUSTING
don't, kept, kid, part, started, stop, won't
BUSTING + NOUN
balls, hump, knuckles
PREP.
out
Definitions
adj
1
Urgently needing to urinate. Alternative form of bursting.
Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm busting.
The kid is busting to go to the toilet.
noun
1
The process of something being broken or exploded.
O, sir! the explosions, the blowings-up, the bustings, the firings! There was bombshells flying about as big as houses.
Don't you see, laddie, you're much too valuable to squander your energies playing the lousy short con, suffering the cop roustings and head bustings, the chump change scores.
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Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm busting.
Wiktionary02
The kid is busting to go to the toilet.
Wiktionary03
O, sir! the explosions, the blowings-up, the bustings, the firings! There was bombshells flying about as big as houses.
Wiktionary04
Don't you see, laddie, you're much too valuable to squander your energies playing the lousy short con, suffering the cop roustings and head bustings, the chump change scores.
Wiktionary05
I'm busting out of here.
Tatoeba · #372315106
Stop busting my balls.
Tatoeba · #6924048Usage Notes
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