Definition of starbursts:
(n) :
(astronomy) A region of space with an unusually high rate of star formation.
(n) :
(astronomy) A period in time during which a region of space experiences an unusually high rate of star formation.
(v) :
(astronomy, of a region of space) To experience an unusually high rate of star formation.
(n) :
(typography) A symbol similar to an asterisk, but with additional rays: ✺.
(n) :
A violent explosion, or the pattern (likened to the shape of a star) supposed to be made by such an explosion.
(v) :
To explode; to burst out violently via, or in such a manner as to cause, an explosion.