Definition of bustle Bustle
/bʌˈsʌl/ - [busul] - bus•tle
We found 15 definitions of bustle from 6 different sources.
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What does bustle mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: bustles |
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| bustle - a rapid active commotion | ||
| hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir | ||
| ruckus, ruction, rumpus, din, commotion, tumult the act of making a noisy disturbance | ||
| bustle - a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt | ||
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| bustle - move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance" | ||
| bustle about, hustle | ||
| belt along, rush along, pelt along, hotfoot, hie, cannonball along, bucket along, step on it, hasten, race, speed, rush compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first" | ||
| move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- bustle (Noun)
An excited activity; a stir. - bustle (Noun)
A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine. - bustle (Noun)
A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt. - bustle (Verb)
To move busily and energetically with fussiness often followed by about. - bustle (Verb)
To teem or abound usually followed by with; to exhibit an energetic and active abundance of a thing. See also bustle with .
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bustle (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. - bustle (n.)
Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement. - bustle (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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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bustle
A rapid active commotion.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bustle
bus′l, v.i. to busy one's self noisily: to be active, often with more noise than actual work.—n. hurried activity: stir: tumult.—n. Bust′ler. [There is a M. E. bustelen, of doubtful relations; perh. conn. with bluster, or with Ice. bustl, a splash, or with A.S. bysig, busy.] -
bustle
bus′l, n. a stuffed pad or cushion worn by ladies under the skirt of their dress, the intention to improve the figure
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