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/ˈbʌstɪŋ/ · adjective
(often followed by "to go to...") 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.
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.
Use busting when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Busting means (often followed by "to go to...") Urgently needing to urinate. Alternative form of bursting..
Common synonyms include bursting.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Can you tell me where the toilets are? I'm busting.
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