BUSTLING
bustling
(adjective) full of energetic and noisy activity; “a bustling city”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
bustling (comparative more bustling, superlative most bustling)
Busy; full of energy and noisy activity.
Verb
bustling
present participle of bustle
Noun
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.
BUSTLE
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