The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
bustling
(adjective) full of energetic and noisy activity; “a bustling city”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bustling (comparative more bustling, superlative most bustling)
Busy; full of energy and noisy activity.
bustling
present participle of bustle
bustling (plural bustlings)
A bustle; a busy stir.
the bustlings of waiters in the crowded restaurant
Source: Wiktionary
Bus"tling, a.
Definition: Agitated; noisy; tumultuous; characterized by confused activity; as, a bustling crowd. "A bustling wharf." Hawthorne.
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
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.