busting
noun
- process of breaking (up), terminating
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈbʌstɪŋ/
adj
- Urgently needing to urinate. Alternative form of bursting.
“Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm busting.”
“The kid is busting to go to the toilet.”
noun
- The 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.”
“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.”
verb
- present participle and gerund of bust