Bustle \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.
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And leave the world for me to bustle in. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bustling \Bus"tling\ (b[u^]s"sl[i^]ng), a.
Agitated; noisy; tumultuous; characterized by confused
activity; as, a bustling crowd. "A bustling wharf."
--Hawthorne.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bustling
adj : full of energetic and noisy activity; "a bustling city"
WordNet (r) 2.0
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "bustling":
active, agitated, brisk, busy, energetic, eventful, fidgety,
fluttering, fluttery, fretful, full of incident, fussing, fussy,
hopping, humming, hustling, jumpy, lively, momentous, on the go,
phenomenal, popping, restless, stirring, turbulent, unquiet,
unsettled
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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