Usually means: Sudden, intense release of energy.
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We found 56 dictionaries that define the word burst:

General (33 matching dictionaries)
  1. burst: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. burst: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. burst: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. burst: Collins English Dictionary
  5. burst: Vocabulary.com
  6. Burst, burst: Wordnik
  7. burst: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. burst: Wiktionary
  9. burst: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. burst: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. burst: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Burst, burst: Dictionary.com
  13. burst: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. burst: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. BURST, Burst (band), Burst: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Burst: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. burst: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. burst: Rhymezone
  19. burst: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. burst: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Burst: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. burst: Free Dictionary
  23. burst: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. burst: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. burst: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. burst: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)
  2. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Burst (disambiguation), burst: Legal dictionary

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. burst: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  2. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Burst (disambiguation), burst: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Burst: MedFriendly Glossary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Burst (disambiguation), burst: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. BURST: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. burst: Idioms

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Burst: Extragalactic Astronomy
  2. burst: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. burst, burst, burst, burst: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. burst: Urban Dictionary

Tech (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Explosives (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of video terms (No longer online)
  4. National Weather Service Glossary (No longer online)
  5. SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL TERMS (No longer online)
  6. burst: Search Engine Dictionary
  7. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)

(Note: See bursted as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To break from internal pressure.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To cause to break by any means.
verb:  (transitive) To separate (printer paper) at perforation lines.
verb:  (intransitive) To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.
verb:  (intransitive) To erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting.
verb:  (transitive) To produce as an effect of bursting.
verb:  (transitive) To interrupt suddenly in a violent or explosive manner; to shatter.
noun:  An act or instance of bursting.
noun:  A sudden, often intense, expression, manifestation or display.
noun:  A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm.
noun:  (military) The explosion of a bomb or missile.
noun:  (archaic) A drinking spree.

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