busting

comparative more busting · superlative most busting

1. oftenUrgently needing to urinate. Alternative form of bursting.

   The kid is busting to go to the toilet.

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   Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm busting.

   Synonyms: bursting

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bust

plural bustings

1. colloquialThe process of something being broken or exploded.

   O, sir! the explosions, the blowings-up, the bustings, the firings! There was bombshells flying about as big as houses.

   1874, “A Royal Salute”, in Belgravia, volume 23, page 180

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   Don't you see, laddie, you're much too valuable to squander your energies playing the lousy short con, suffering the cop roustings and head bustings, the chump change scores.

   2012, Iceberg Slim, Long White Con: The Biggest Score of His Life, page 12