bustle[verb]Synonyms:- hurry, fuss, hasten, rush, scamper, scurry, scuttle
[noun]Synonyms:- activity, ado, commotion, excitement, flurry, fuss, hurly-burly, stir, to-do
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I. bus‧tle1 /ˈbʌs
əl/
verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition][
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: Probably from buskle 'to prepare' (16-17 centuries), from busk 'to get ready, prepare' (13-21 centuries), from Old Norse buask 'to prepare yourself']
to move around quickly, looking very busy
bustle about/round etc
Madge bustled round the room, putting things away. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
II. bustle2 noun[
Sense 1: Date: 1600-1700;
Origin: ⇒ bustle1]
[
Sense 2: Date: 1700-1800;
Origin: Origin unknown]
1. [singular] busy and usually noisy activity
bustle of a continual bustle of people coming and going ⇒
hustle and bustle at
hustle2(1)
2. [countable] a frame worn by women in the past to hold out the back of their skirts
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲