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Webster 1913 Edition
Bustle
Bus′tle
(bŭs′s’l)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bustled
(-s’ld); p. pr. & vb. n.
Bustling
(-slĭng).] [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 crowdAnd leave the world for me to
bustle
in. Shakespeare
Bus′tle
,Noun.
Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.
A strange
bustle
and disturbance in the world. South.
Bus′tle
,Noun.
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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Bustle
BUS'TLE
,Verb.
I.
To stir quick; to be very active; to be very quick in motion, often or usually with the sense of noise or agitation.
And leave the world for me to bustle in.
BUS'TLE
,Noun.
All would have been well without this bustle.
Definition 2025
bustle
bustle
English
Noun
bustle (plural bustles)
- An excited activity; a stir.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
- we are, perhaps, all the while flattering our natural indolence, which, hating the bustle of the world, and drudgery of business seeks a pretence of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
- (computing) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
- (historical) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.
Derived terms
Translations
excited activity
cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine
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frame worn underneath a woman's skirt
Verb
bustle (third-person singular simple present bustles, present participle bustling, simple past and past participle bustled)
- To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
- The commuters bustled about inside the train station.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.6:
- I was once so mad to bussell abroad, and seek about for preferment […].
- To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing). See also bustle with.
- The train station was bustling with commuters.
Synonyms
- (to move busily): flit, hustle, scamper, scurry
- (to exhibit an energetic abundance): abound, brim, bristle, burst, crawl, swell, teem
Translations
to move busily and energetically
to teem or abound (with)