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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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bustle
English
Etymology
From Middle English bustlen, bustelen, bostlen, perhaps an alteration of *busklen (> Modern English buskle), a frequentative of Middle English busken (“to prepare; make ready”), from Old Norse búask (“to prepare oneself”); or alternatively from a frequentative form of Middle English busten, bisten (“to buffet; pummel; dash; beat”) +? -le. Compare also Icelandic bustla (“to splash; bustle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?s?l/
- Rhymes: -?s?l
Noun
bustle (countable and uncountable, plural bustles)
- (countable, uncountable) An excited activity; a stir.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
- we are, perhaps, all the while flattering our natural indolence, which, hating the bustle of the world, and drudgery of business seeks a pretence of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
- (computing, countable) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
- (historical, countable) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.
Derived terms
- hustle and bustle
Translations
Verb
bustle (third-person singular simple present bustles, present participle bustling, simple past and past participle bustled)
- To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
- The commuters bustled about inside the train station.
- To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing).
- The train station was bustling with commuters.
- (transitive) To push around, to importune.
- 1981, A. D. Hope, "His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell," A Book of Answers:
- Don’t bustle her or fuss or snatch: / A suitor looking at his watch / Is not a posture that persuades / Willing, much less reluctant maids.
- 1981, A. D. Hope, "His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell," A Book of Answers:
Synonyms
- (to move busily): flit, hustle, scamper, scurry
- (to exhibit an energetic abundance): abound, brim, bristle, burst, crawl, swell, teem
Translations
References
Anagrams
- bluest, bluets, butles, sublet, subtle
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