burst

burst is a 5-letter English word with 22 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Burst. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 22 senses

Definitions

1. past tense & past participle. of Burst
2. intransitive verb. To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring.
3. intransitive verb. To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence, to appear suddenly and unexpectedly or unaccountably, or to depart in such manner; -- usually with some qualifying adverb or preposition, as forth, out, away, into, upon, through, etc.
4. transitive verb. To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly; as, to burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel; to burst open the doors.
5. transitive verb. To break.
6. transitive verb. To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole through the wall.
7. noun. A sudden breaking forth; a violent rending; an explosion; as, a burst of thunder; a burst of applause; a burst of passion; a burst of inspiration.
8. noun. Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed.
9. noun. A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse.
10. noun. A rupture or hernia; a breach.
11. noun. the act of exploding or bursting

    "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"

    "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"

    Synonyms: explosion

12. noun. a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)

    "a burst of applause"

    "a fit of housecleaning"

    Synonyms: fit

13. noun. rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms

    "our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise"

    Synonyms: fusillade, salvo, volley

14. noun. a sudden intense happening

    "an outburst of heavy rain"

    "a burst of lightning"

    Synonyms: outburst

15. verb. burst outward, usually with noise

    "The champagne bottle exploded"

    Synonyms: explode

16. verb. come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

    "The bubble burst"

    Synonyms: split

17. verb. break open or apart suddenly and forcefully

    "The dam burst"

    Synonyms: bust

18. verb. emerge suddenly

    "The sun burst into view"

19. verb. force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up

    "break into tears"

    "erupt in anger"

    Synonyms: break, erupt

20. verb. move suddenly, energetically, or violently

    "He burst out of the house into the cool night"

21. verb. cause to burst

    "The ice broke the pipe"

    Synonyms: collapse

22. verb. be in a state of movement or action

    "The room abounded with screaming children"

    "The garden bristled with toddlers"

    Synonyms: abound, bristle

Synonyms

explosion, fit, fusillade, salvo, volley, outburst, explode, split, bust, break, erupt, collapse, abound, bristle

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in burst:

bruts, strub

Common word forms

bursts, bursted, burster, bursting

Words from these letters

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