Question: A person was handling a small plastic can filled with small beads. His hand fumbled and all the beads popped burst and spread all over the floor.

What are correct verbs describe this movement?

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> 1. The beads popped burst all over the floor.
> 2. He popped burst the beads and they are now all over the floor.
> 3. The beads splashed(?)
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Answer: 
If the can (with no top) was tilted and the beads fell out, that is not "bursting".  

*bursting* would be (for example) when a sealed container with some contents builds up pressure inside the container, so that it would break open. 

I would say:

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> The beads **spilled** all over the floor.
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[*spill*](https://ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=spill):

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> 1. To cause or allow (a substance) to run or fall out of a container.
> 2. To scatter (objects) from containment: *spilled the armload of books on the desk*.
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It would just be "The beads burst all over the floor." Popped burst is just two verbs in front of each other, and is neither necessary nor (as far as I know) grammatically correct.