burst out

verb

burst out also bursted out; bursting out; bursts out

1

: to begin (doing something) suddenly

They both burst out laughing.

2

: to say (something) suddenly

Everyone burst out "Surprise!" as he walked through the door.

Examples of burst out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Whereas the Leo Dan original is fragile and wounded, Tacvba’s bouncy cover bursts out of the speakers with the shuffle of a ska beat and youthful Beatlesque confidence. — Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2026

In an early version, Zvyagintsev imagined a final scene in which Nikolay, the Russian Heemeyer, bursts out of his garage riding a bulldozer and uses it to topple an excavator. — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

Remember the old Popeye and spinach routine, where the squinty-eyed sailor scarfs down a can of leafy greens and his muscles practically burst out of his shirt? — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 15 Oct. 2026

Who will get the ultimate glamor shot of bursting out of water? — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for burst out

• about
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• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout