About The Word Bustle

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Bustle

Bustle Meaning & Definition
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}.

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