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   bus·tle

   /ˈbəs(ə)l/

   verb

   • 1. move in an energetic or noisy manner: "people clutching clipboards bustled about" Similar rushdashscurryscuttlescamperscrambleflutterfusshurryhastenmake hasteracerunsprinttearshootchargechasecareerscutterinformal:scootbeetlewhizbuzzharezoomzipOpposite amble
   • ▪ make (someone) move hurriedly in a particular direction: "she bustled us into the kitchen" Similar hustlebundlesweeppushhurryrushwhiskwhip
   • ▪ (of a place) be full of activity: "the small harbor bustled with boats"

   noun

   • 1. excited activity and movement: "all the noise and the traffic and the bustle"

   Word Origin late Middle English: perhaps a variant of obsolete buskle, frequentative of busk ‘prepare’, from Old Norse.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › bustleBustle Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of BUSTLE is to move briskly and often ostentatiously. How to use bustle in a sentence.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBUSTLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   BUSTLE definition: 1. to do things in a hurried and busy way: 2. busy activity: 3. a frame worn under a dress or…. Learn more.

4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishBUSTLE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   1.verb. If someone bustles somewhere, they move there in a hurried way, often because they are very busy. My mother bustled around the kitchen. [VERB preposition/adverb] She bustled about, turning on lights, moving pillows around on the sofa. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: hurry, tear, rush, dash More Synonyms of bustle. 2.verb.

5. www.thefreedictionary.com › bustleBustle - definition of bustle by The Free Dictionary

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   bustle. ( ˈbʌsəl) vb. (when: intr, often foll by about) to hurry or cause to hurry with a great show of energy or activity. n. energetic and noisy activity. [C16: probably from obsolete buskle to make energetic preparation, from dialect busk from Old Norse būask to prepare] ˈbustler n. ˈbustling adj. ˈbustlingly adv. bustle. ( ˈbʌsəl) n.

6. www.dictionary.com › browse › bustleBUSTLE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Bustle definition: to move or act with a great show of energy (often followed by about). See examples of BUSTLE used in a sentence.

7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › bustleBustle - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   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. If it's busy, energetic or moving about at a rapid pace, then it's bustling.

8. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryBUSTLE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   BUSTLE meaning: 1. to do things in a hurried and busy way: 2. busy activity: 3. a frame worn under a dress or…. Learn more.

9. www.yourdictionary.com › bustleBustle Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

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   Bustle definition: To move or cause to move energetically and busily.

10. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishBUSTLE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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    BUSTLE definition: 1. to move around and do things in a quick, busy way: 2. to be full of people or activity: 3…. Learn more.

11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › bustlebustle - Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online

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    bustle meaning, definition, what is bustle: to move around quickly, looking very bus...: Learn more.