Clues for the word "BURST"
We've had 64 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 141 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on May 18, 2026.
Definition of burst
- imp. & p. p. - of Burst
- v. i. - To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring.
- v. i. - To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence, to appear suddenly and unexpectedly or unaccountably, or to depart in such manner; -- usually with some qualifying adverb or preposition, as forth, out, away, into, upon, through, etc.
- v. t. - To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly; as, to burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel; to burst open the doors.
- v. t. - To break.
- v. t. - To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole through the wall.
- n. - A sudden breaking forth; a violent rending; an explosion; as, a burst of thunder; a burst of applause; a burst of passion; a burst of inspiration.
- n. - Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed.
- n. - A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse.
- n. - A rupture or hernia; a breach.
Referring Clues
- Stick with a pin
- Explode
- Not hold it in
- Overfill, perhaps
- Salvo
- Popped
- Sun, star, or cloud follower
- Sudden spurt
- Fly apart
- Pop, as a balloon
- Split apart
- Explosion
- Pop
- Bubbles do it
- "Sun," "star," or "cloud" follower
- Sun, star or cloud follower
- "Sun," "star," or "cloud" follower
- Succumb to pressure?
- Cloud ____
- Break open
- Explode, as a balloon
- Rupture
- ___ into tears (started crying)
- Popped, as a balloon
- Scholar's funds
- Go "pop"
- Yield to internal pressure
- Break open suddenly
- Erupt
- Broke open
- Explode, as a water main
- Fireworks display
- Split
- Star or cloud follower
- Stick with a pin, say
- Like a broken balloon
- What the balloon did
- Stick a pin in a balloon
- Word with sun, star, or cloud
- Word attached to sun, star or cloud
- Split asunder
- Collapse
- Ruptured
- Erupted
- Puncture, explode
- Sudden outbreak of resistance during raid
- Explode or shatter outright
- Sudden outbreak
- At the volley of fire, there's a sudden increase in speed
- Fireworks explosion
- Actively rub some sticks so as to come into flame
- Like a ruined balloon
- Popped, as a water balloon
- Pop, like a bubble
- Split open
- Pop, as a bubble
- What balloons do when you prick them with something 46-Across
- Pop like a balloon
- "I hate to ___ your bubble ..."
- Popped like a bubble
- ___ into tears (start to cry)
- Fly into pieces
- Bad rust on the bulkhead can split it!
- Blow out
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - May 18, 2026
- Daily Quick - May 12, 2026
- Daily Quick - February 10, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - February 09, 2026
- Your Life Choices - November 19, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 03, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - October 29, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 23, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - September 30, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 21, 2025
- New York Times - July 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 28, 2025
- LA Times - March 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 20, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 20, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 24, 2024
- New York Times - September 28, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 17, 2024
- Daily Quick - May 11, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - April 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - April 03, 2024
- LA Times - March 12, 2024
- LA Times - March 09, 2024
- Daily Quick - February 10, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 03, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - September 21, 2023
- USA Today - August 27, 2023
- Daily Quick - July 21, 2023
- And in 111 more crossword puzzles...