BUSTLE

bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir

(noun) a rapid active commotion

bustle

(noun) a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman’s skirt

bustle, bustle about, hustle

(verb) move or cause to move energetically or busily; “The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

bustle (plural bustles)

An excited activity; a stir.

(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.

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).

To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing).

Synonyms

• (to move busily): flit, hustle, scamper, scurry

• (to exhibit an energetic abundance): abound, brim, bristle, burst, crawl, swell, teem

Anagrams

• bluest, bluets, butles, sublet, subtle

Source: Wiktionary

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Bus"tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bustled (p. pr. & vb.n. Bustling ( Etym: [Cf. OE. buskle, perh. fr. AS. bysig busy, bysg-ian to busy + the verbal termination -le; or Icel. bustla to splash, bustle.]

Definition: 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.

Definition: Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement. A strange bustle and disturbance in the world. South.

Bus"tle, n.

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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