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
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.
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).
• (to move busily): flit, hustle, scamper, scurry
• (to exhibit an energetic abundance): abound, brim, bristle, burst, crawl, swell, teem
• bluest, bluets, butles, sublet, subtle
Source: Wiktionary
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
24 February 2025
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
