What part of speech is bustle?

Bustle can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. bustle is a verb, present, 1st person singular of bustle (infinitive).
  • 2. bustle is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. bustle is a noun, singular of bustles.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does bustle mean?

Definitions

Verb

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

Noun

bustle - a rapid active commotion
bustle - a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt

Examples of bustle

#   Sentence  
1. noun It is right on the hustle and bustle of Wisconsin Ave but some might miss it as it is nestled in between Subway Sandwiches and Modell's.
2. noun Living in the noise and bustle of a large city, we sometimes feel like going into the country.
3. noun Only my seat is cut off from that bustle.
4. noun What bustle in the streets!
5. noun I miss the hustle and bustle of city life.
6. noun Even though Tom was brought up in the country, he loves the hustle and bustle of the city.
7. noun Easter Monday is an official holiday in France, on which people can rest after all the hustle and bustle of Easter.
8. noun Amazed, AEneas viewed / tall structures rise, where whilom huts were found, / the streets, the gates, the bustle and the sound.
9. noun When she came back she had hundreds of things to tell them, but the most delightful of all, she said, was to lie in the moonlight, on a sandbank in a calm sea, and to gaze at the large town close to the shore, where the lights twinkled like hundreds of stars; to listen to music and the noise and bustle of carriages and people, to see the many church towers and spires, and to hear the bells ringing.
10. noun When, later in the evening she stood at the open window and looked up through the dark blue water, she thought of the big town with all its noise and bustle, and fancied that she could even hear the church bells ringing.
11. noun The castle hotel's spacious grounds blend seamlessly with the fields and pastures of the surrounding countryside to form a paradise of relaxation far from the hustle and bustle of city life.
12. verb Bustle up, you boys!
Sentence  
noun
It is right on the hustle and bustle of Wisconsin Ave but some might miss it as it is nestled in between Subway Sandwiches and Modell's.
Living in the noise and bustle of a large city, we sometimes feel like going into the country.
Only my seat is cut off from that bustle.
What bustle in the streets!
I miss the hustle and bustle of city life.
Even though Tom was brought up in the country, he loves the hustle and bustle of the city.
Easter Monday is an official holiday in France, on which people can rest after all the hustle and bustle of Easter.
Amazed, AEneas viewed / tall structures rise, where whilom huts were found, / the streets, the gates, the bustle and the sound.
When she came back she had hundreds of things to tell them, but the most delightful of all, she said, was to lie in the moonlight, on a sandbank in a calm sea, and to gaze at the large town close to the shore, where the lights twinkled like hundreds of stars; to listen to music and the noise and bustle of carriages and people, to see the many church towers and spires, and to hear the bells ringing.
When, later in the evening she stood at the open window and looked up through the dark blue water, she thought of the big town with all its noise and bustle, and fancied that she could even hear the church bells ringing.
The castle hotel's spacious grounds blend seamlessly with the fields and pastures of the surrounding countryside to form a paradise of relaxation far from the hustle and bustle of city life.
verb
Bustle up, you boys!

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