Usually means: Laugh extremely hard, strain abdomen.
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  1. bust a gut: Merriam-Webster
  2. bust a gut: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bust a gut: Collins English Dictionary
  4. bust a gut: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. bust a gut: Wiktionary
  6. bust a gut: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  2. bust a gut: Idioms

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  1. bust a gut: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bust a gut)

▸ verb:  (slang) To work or try very hard.
▸ verb:  (slang) To develop a pain in the side from laughing hard.

Similar:
split a gut, bust a nut, bust one's gut, bust one's balls, bust one's butt, sweat one's guts out, break one's balls, bust one's neck, bust one's chops, bust one's hump, more...

Opposite:
relax, take it easy, unwind, chill out

Adjectives:
bang up, beat-up, bang-up, banged up, sock, busted, beat up, knockabout, beef, cruel, whack

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Similar:
split a gut, bust a nut, bust one's gut, bust one's balls, bust one's butt, sweat one's guts out, break one's balls, bust one's neck, bust one's chops, bust one's hump, more...

Opposite:
relax, take it easy, unwind, chill out

Adjectives:
bang up, beat-up, bang-up, banged up, sock, busted, beat up, knockabout, beef, cruel, whack



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