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English

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. An excited activity; a stir.
  2. * 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
  3. *: we are, perhaps, all the while flattering our natural indolence, which, hating the bustle of the world, and drudgery of business seeks a pretence of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence
  4. A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
  5. A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt.


Derived terms


Translations

  • Portuguese: {{t|pt|freneticidade|f}}

Verb

{{en-verb|bustles|bustling|bustled}}

  1. To move busily and energetically (often followed by about).
  2. :''The commuters bustled about inside the train station.
  3. To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing).
  4. :''The train station was bustling with commuters.


Synonyms


Translations

Category:Clothing

gl:bustle io:bustle hu:bustle pt:bustle te:bustle vi:bustle zh:bustle

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bustle \Bus"tle\ (b[u^]s"s'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bustled
(-s'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Bustling (-sl[i^]ng).] [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.
[1913 Webster]

And leave the world for me to bustle in. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Bustle \Bus"tle\, n.
Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.
[1913 Webster]

A strange bustle and disturbance in the world. --South.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet bustle
n 1: a rapid bustling commotion [syn: hustle, flurry, ado,
fuss, stir]
2: a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving
fullness to a woman's skirt
v : move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The
cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their
performance" [syn: bustle about, hustle]
Moby Dictionary
accelerate , ado , agitation , bake , beat , bilk , bite , bluff , bluster ,
bluster and bluff , blustering , boastfulness , bobbery , boil ,
boiling , bother , botheration , bravado , brouhaha , bullying , bundle ,
burst , buzz about , chase , cheat , chisel , chouse , churn , clamor ,
commotion , conturbation , cozen , crowd , dash , dash off , dash on ,
discomposure , disorder , dispatch , disquiet , disquietude ,
disturbance , double-time , drive , drive on , dust , ebullience ,
ebullition , eddy , effervescence , embroilment , excitement , expedite ,
fanfaronade , feery-fary , ferment , fermentation , festinate , fever ,
feverishness , fidgetiness , fidgets , fit , flap , flit , flurry ,
fluster , flutter , flutteration , flutteriness , fly , foment , forward ,
fume , furore , fuss , fussiness , get going , get moving , gyp , hassle ,
haste , hasten , hasten on , hectoring , helter-skelter , hie on ,
hubbub , hullabaloo , hurly-burly , hurry , hurry about , hurry along ,
hurry on , hurry through , hurry up , hurry-scurry , hustle , hustle up ,
inquietude , intimidation , jitters , jumpiness , kiln , leap ,
lose no time , maelstrom , make a fuss , make haste , malaise , moil ,
move quickly , nerviness , nervosity , nervousness , overreach ,
pell-mell , perturbation , plunge , post , pother , precipitate , press ,
press on , push , push on , push through , quicken , race ,
railroad through , rant , ream , restlessness , rodomontade , roil ,
rout , row , ruffle , run , rush , rush about , rush along , rush around ,
rush through , scamper , scramble , scurry , scuttle , seethe , seething ,
side , spasm , speed , speed along , speed up , splutter , spur , spurt ,
sputter , stampede , stew , sting , stir , swagger , swashbucklery ,
sweat , swirl , swirling , take , tear , tear around , to-do ,
trepidation , trepidity , tumult , tumultuation , turbidity ,
turbulence , turmoil , twitter , unease , unquiet , unrest , uproar ,
upset , urge , vortex , whip , whip along , whirl , whirlpool , whirlwind ,
whisk , whiz about , yeastiness


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