Clues for the word "BURST"
We've had 62 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 120 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on April 06, 2024.
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
Last Seen In
- 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
- LA Times - July 10, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 27, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - March 27, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - February 14, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - November 22, 2022
- New Zealand Herald - November 17, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - November 02, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - November 01, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - October 12, 2022
- Your Life Choices - October 09, 2022
- Evening Standard Easy - August 16, 2022
- Penny Dell Sunday - August 07, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 05, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 20, 2022
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 19, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - June 27, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - June 27, 2022
- USA Today - June 24, 2022
- Mirror Quick - February 05, 2018
- Washington Post Classic - January 21, 2018
- New York Times - December 19, 2017
- And in 90 more crossword puzzles...