Very eager (to do something).
I was bursting to tell him the secret.
Urgently needing to urinate.
Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm bursting.
So full (with something) as almost to erupt.
The newly stocked refrigerator is bursting with fresh vegetables.
present participle and gerund of burst
The act by which something bursts.
the burstings of balloons
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