bustle

[Bus·tle]

A flurry of activity and commotion is often referred to as bustle. If you want to see true bustle in action, just walk through Times Square in New York during lunch hour.

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To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.

Noun
a rapid bustling commotion

Noun
a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman''s skirt

Verb
move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"


v. i.
To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.

n.
Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.

n.
A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournure.


Bustle

Bus"tle , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bustled (); p. pr. & vb.n. Bustling ().] [Cf. OE. buskle, perh. fr. AS. bysig busy, bysg-ian to busy + the verbal termination -le; or Icel. bustla to splash, bustle.] To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.
And leave the world for me to bustle in.

Bustle

Bus"tle, n. Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.
A strange bustle and disturbance in the world.

Bustle

Bus"tle, n. A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournure.

To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.

Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.

A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournure.

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