| burst out | |
verb | |
| 1. | give sudden release to an expression; "We burst out laughing"; "'I hate you,' she burst out" |
| 2. | appear suddenly; "Spring popped up everywhere in the valley" [syn: pop out] |
| 3. | erupt or intensify suddenly; "Unrest erupted in the country"; "Tempers flared at the meeting"; "The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism" [syn: erupt] |