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Bustle Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bustle? [n] a rapid bustling commotion [n] 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bustle: ado \| bustle about \| flurry \| fuss \| hustle \| hustle \| stir Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bustle: 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 See Also \| belt along \| bucket along \| cannonball along \| commotion \| din \| frame \| framework \| framing \| hasten \| hie \| hotfoot \| move \| pelt along \| race \| ruckus \| ruction \| rumpus \| rush \| rush along \| speed \| tumult Bustle In Webster's Dictionary \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. And leave the world for me to bustle in. --Shak. \Bus"tle\, n. Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement. A strange bustle and disturbance in the world. --South. \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}.

Bustle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bustle?

[n] a rapid bustling commotion
[n] 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"

Bustle In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

      And leave the world for me to bustle in. --Shak.


\Bus"tle\, n.
Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.

      A strange bustle and disturbance in the world. --South.


\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}.

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