burst out

Questions about burst out

What does burst out mean?

burst out means "give sudden release to an expression". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for burst out?

Close synonyms include pop out, erupt, irrupt, flare up, flare. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is burst out a common word?

burst out is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.