Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bursting at the seams

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables
burst-ing at the seams
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of burst at the seams

Questions

What does bursting at the seams mean?
present participle and gerund of burst at the seams

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