burst

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English bresten, bersten, from Old English berstan, from Proto-West Germanic *brestan, from Proto-Germanic *brestaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to burst, break, crack, split, separate”), enlargement of *bʰreHi- (“to snip, split”). See also West Frisian boarste, Dutch barsten, Danish briste, Swedish brista; also Irish bris (“to break”)). More at brine. Also cognate to debris. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /bɝst/ (UK) IPA(key): /bɜːst/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)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 (archaic) brast or (nonstandard) bursted or (rare) bursten) (intransitive) To break from internal pressure. (transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure. (transitive, obsolete) To cause to break by any means. (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. (intransitive) To erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting. (transitive) To produce as an effect of bursting. 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. ==== Alternative forms ==== brast, brust (both obsolete) ==== Coordinate terms ==== split, crack ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== bust bost ==== Translations ==== === Noun === burst (plural bursts) An act or instance of bursting. A sudden, often intense, expression, manifestation or display. Synonym: spurt A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm. (military) The explosion of a bomb or missile. (archaic) A drinking spree. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Strub, strub, trubs == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse burst, from Proto-Germanic *burstiz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʏr̥st/ Rhymes: -ʏr̥st === Noun === burst f (genitive singular burstar, nominative plural burstir) bristle gable ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== bursti bursta == Middle English == === Alternative forms === birst, brist, bruste, bryste, burste, byrst === Etymology === From Old English byrst, from Proto-West Germanic *brestu, from Proto-Germanic *brestuz. Doublet of brest. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /birst/, /burst/ (metathetic) IPA(key): /brist/, /brust/ === Noun === burst (plural burstes) loss, destruction injury, harm need, deficiency ==== References ==== “burst, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old High German == === Alternative forms === borst === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *bursti, from Proto-Germanic *burstiz. === Noun === burst n bristle ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: burst, borst, burste, borste Bavarian: Biaschtn Central Franconian: Hunsrik: Berst Luxembourgish: Buuscht, Biischt East Central German: Erzgebirgisch: bèrschd German: Borste, Bürste == Old Norse == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Germanic *burstiz === Noun === burst f bristle ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Gerhard Köbler (2014), “Altnordisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse dictionary]”, in https://koeblergerhard.de (in German), 4th edition