burst out

phrasal 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

Jared would run the entire scene for each take to give them freedom to explore the humor, and at the end of every take, when Allan would be face-planted with his bum in the air and Jared would yell 'cut,’ almost the entire crew of 100 people would burst out laughing. —Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025

But once the initial shock wore off, Cristina couldn't help but burst out laughing and quickly took Alejandro out the shower and changed him into dry clothes. —David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025

At Tennessee, Norman-Lott showed pass-rushing skills at defensive tackle, thanks in part to his explosive burst out of his stance. —Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 26 Apr. 2025

The liquid churn of the snow as a million guys burst out from under it: creepy! —ArsTechnica, 21 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for burst out

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