Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

busting

/ˈbʌstɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: bust-ing
IPA: /ˈbʌstɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Urgently needing to urinate. Alternative form of bursting.

verb

present participle and gerund of bust

noun

The process of something being broken or exploded.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm busting."
"The kid is busting to go to the toilet."
"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."

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

more busting (comparative) most busting (superlative) bustings (plural)

Derived Forms

ballbusting blockbusting chartbusting cloudbusting crimebusting dambusting doorbusting gangbusting ghostbusting quackbusting racketbusting sodbusting

Phrases

cache busting mutton busting trend-busting

Synonyms

bursting

Rhymes With

disgusting trusting adjusting dusting thrusting rusting gusting lusting entrusting readjusting mistrusting encrusting

Questions

How do you pronounce busting?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbʌstɪŋ/.
What does busting mean?: Urgently needing to urinate. Alternative form of bursting.

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