bustle

Plural: bustles

Noun

• a rapid active commotion
• a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt
• An excited activity; a stir.
• A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
• A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.

Verb

Verb Forms: bustled, bustling, bustles

• To move or work in an energetic or busy manner.
• move or cause to move energetically or busily
  • "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"
• To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
• To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing).
• To push around, to importune.

Examples

• The commuters bustled about inside the train station.
• The player would BUSTLE to place their tiles before the time ran out.
• The train station was bustling with commuters.

Synonyms

ado, bustle about, flurry, fuss, hustle, stir, abound, brim, bristle, burst, crawl, flit, scamper, scurry, swell, teem

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