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burst
English
Etymology
From Middle English bersten, from Old English berstan, from Proto-Germanic *brestan? (compare West Frisian boarste, Dutch barsten, Swedish brista), from Proto-Indo-European *b?res- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”) (compare Irish bris (“to break”)), enlargement of *b?reHi- (“to snip, split”). More at brine. Also cognate to debris.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /b?st/
- (UK) IPA(key): /b??st/
- Rhymes: -??(r)st
Verb
burst (third-person singular simple present bursts, present participle bursting, simple past burst or (archaic) brast or (nonstandard) bursted, past participle burst or (rare) bursten or (nonstandard) bursted)
- (intransitive) To break from internal pressure.
- (transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure.
- (transitive, obsolete) To cause to break by any means.
- He burst his lance against the sand below.
- (transitive) To separate (printer paper) at perforation lines.
- (intransitive) To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.
- 1913, Mariano Azuela, The Underdogs, translated by E. MunguÍa, Jr.
- Like hungry dogs who have sniffed their meat, the mob bursts in, trampling down the women who sought to bar the entrance with their bodies.
- 1913, Mariano Azuela, The Underdogs, translated by E. MunguÍa, Jr.
- (intransitive) To erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting.
- The flowers burst into bloom on the first day of spring.
- (transitive) To produce as an effect of bursting.
- to burst a hole through the wall
- 1856, Eleanor Marx-Aveling (translator), Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter X
- He entered Maromme shouting for the people of the inn, burst open the door with a thrust of his shoulder, made for a sack of oats, emptied a bottle of sweet cider into the manger, and again mounted his nag, whose feet struck fire as it dashed along.
- (transitive) To interrupt suddenly in a violent or explosive manner; to shatter.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:burst.
Coordinate terms
- split, crack
Derived terms
Related terms
- bust
Translations
Noun
burst (plural bursts)
- An act or instance of bursting.
- The bursts of the bombs could be heard miles away.
- A sudden, often intense, expression, manifestation or display.
- Synonym: spurt
- 1860/1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations
- "It's my wedding-day," cried Biddy, in a burst of happiness, "and I am married to Joe!"
- A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm.
- (military) The explosion of a bomb or missile.
- a ground burst; a surface burst
- (archaic) A drinking spree.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Strub, strub, sturb, trubs
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse burst, from Proto-Germanic *burstiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?r?st/
- Rhymes: -?r?st
Noun
burst f (genitive singular burstar, nominative plural burstir)
- bristle
- gable
Declension
Related terms
- bursti
- bursta
Old High German
Alternative forms
- borst
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *burstiz.
Noun
burst n
- bristle
Descendants
- Middle High German: burst, borst, burste, borste
- Central Franconian:
- Hunsrik: Berst
- Luxembourgish: Buuscht, Biischt
- East Central German:
- Erzgebirgisch: bèrschd
- German: Borste, Bürste
- Central Franconian:
Old Norse
Etymology
from Proto-Germanic *burstiz
Noun
burst f
- bristle
Declension
References
- Köbler, Gerhard, Altnordisches Wörterbuch, (4. Auflage) 2014
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blowout
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?blo?a?t/
Noun
blowout (plural blowouts)
- A sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre/tire.
- A sudden release of oil and gas from a well.
- (slang) A social function, especially one with large quantities of food.
- (slang) A large or extravagant meal.
- 2011, Fodor's Normandy, Brittany & the Best of the North: with Paris
- The dining room at Alain Ducasse's flagship Paris restaurant gleams with 10,000 crystals, confirming that this is the flashiest place in town for a blowout meal.
- 2011, Fodor's Normandy, Brittany & the Best of the North: with Paris
- (slang, sports) A sporting contest that is decidedly one-sided and whose outcome is no longer in doubt.
- The game between the two teams was nothing but a blowout.
- (slang) An argument; an altercation.
- 2014, Christine Pope, Star Crossed (page 141)
- The day my aunt and I had talked was just as vivid to me now as it had been eight years ago, when I'd had a blowout with my mother over my decision to go to school in Tucson rather than staying safely up here in northern Arizona.
- 2014, Christine Pope, Star Crossed (page 141)
- (geology) A sandy depression in a sand dune ecosystem caused by the removal of sediments by wind.
- (Australia) An extreme and unexpected increase in costs, such as in government estimates for a project.
- The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.
- An unsightly flap of skin caused by an ear piercing that is too large.
Derived terms
See also
- blow out
Anagrams
- bowl out, bowl-out, outblow, outbowl
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