BUSTING

Adjective

busting (comparative more busting, superlative most busting)

(often followed by "to go to...") Urgently needing to urinate.

Synonyms

• bursting

Verb

busting

present participle of bust

Noun

busting (plural bustings)

(colloquial) The process of something being broken or exploded.

Anagrams

• gibnuts, tubings

Source: Wiktionary

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BUST

Bust, n. Etym: [F. buste, fr. It. busto; cf. LL. busta, bustula, box, of the same origin as E. box a case; cf., for the change of meaning, E. chest. See Bushel.]

1. A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast. Ambition sighed: she found it vain to trust The faithless column, and the crumbling bust. Pope.

2. The portion of the human figure included between the head and waist, whether in statuary or in the person; the chest or thorax; the upper part of the trunk of the body.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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