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comparative more busting, superlative most busting
(often followed by "to go to...") Urgently needing to urinate. examples
present participle and gerund of bust examples
plural bustings
(colloquial) The process of something being broken or exploded. quotations examples
O, sir! the explosions, the blowings-up, the bustings, the firings! There was bombshells flying about as big as houses.
1874, “A Royal Salute”, in Belgravia, volume 23, page 180
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.
2012, Iceberg Slim, Long White Con: The Biggest Score of His Life, page 12