"busting" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈbʌstɪŋ/ Forms: more busting [comparative], most busting [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} busting (comparative more busting, superlative most busting)
  1. (often followed by "to go to...") Urgently needing to urinate. Tags: often Synonyms: bursting
    Sense id: en-busting-en-adj-T0seOByA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 16 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 14 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 13 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbʌstɪŋ/ Forms: bustings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} busting (plural bustings)
  1. (colloquial) The process of something being broken or exploded. Tags: colloquial

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbʌstɪŋ/
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} busting
  1. present participle and gerund of bust Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: bust
    Sense id: en-busting-en-verb-8HNDUyh4

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "form": "more busting",
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    },
    {
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        "superlative"
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        {
          "text": "Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm busting.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The kid is busting to go to the toilet.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "Urgently needing to urinate."
      ],
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        "(often followed by \"to go to...\") Urgently needing to urinate."
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      "ipa": "/ˈbʌstɪŋ/"
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          "word": "ballbusting"
        },
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          "word": "blockbusting"
        },
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          "word": "chartbusting"
        },
        {
          "word": "cloudbusting"
        },
        {
          "word": "crimebusting"
        },
        {
          "word": "dambusting"
        },
        {
          "word": "doorbusting"
        },
        {
          "word": "gangbusting"
        },
        {
          "word": "ghostbusting"
        },
        {
          "word": "mutton busting"
        },
        {
          "word": "quackbusting"
        },
        {
          "word": "racketbusting"
        },
        {
          "word": "sodbusting"
        },
        {
          "word": "stressbusting"
        },
        {
          "word": "swampbusting"
        },
        {
          "word": "tankbusting"
        },
        {
          "word": "trend-busting"
        },
        {
          "word": "trustbusting"
        },
        {
          "word": "unionbusting"
        }
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Iceberg Slim, Long White Con: The Biggest Score of His Life, page 12:",
          "text": "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.",
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      "word": "ballbusting"
    },
    {
      "word": "blockbusting"
    },
    {
      "word": "chartbusting"
    },
    {
      "word": "cloudbusting"
    },
    {
      "word": "crimebusting"
    },
    {
      "word": "dambusting"
    },
    {
      "word": "doorbusting"
    },
    {
      "word": "gangbusting"
    },
    {
      "word": "ghostbusting"
    },
    {
      "word": "mutton busting"
    },
    {
      "word": "quackbusting"
    },
    {
      "word": "racketbusting"
    },
    {
      "word": "sodbusting"
    },
    {
      "word": "stressbusting"
    },
    {
      "word": "swampbusting"
    },
    {
      "word": "tankbusting"
    },
    {
      "word": "trend-busting"
    },
    {
      "word": "trustbusting"
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    {
      "word": "unionbusting"
    }
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1874, “A Royal Salute”, in Belgravia, volume 23, page 180:",
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Iceberg Slim, Long White Con: The Biggest Score of His Life, page 12:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "The process of something being broken or exploded."
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      "ipa": "/ˈbʌstɪŋ/"
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  ],
  "word": "busting"
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