Bustle

Quick meaning: Bustle is a noun meaning (countable, uncountable) An excited activity; a stir.

Meaning

(countable, uncountable) An excited activity; a stir.

More Meanings

1. (computing, countable) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
2. (UK, slang, obsolete, uncountable) Money; cash.
3. To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
4. To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing).
5. (transitive) To push around, to importune.
6. (historical, countable) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.

Example Sentences

the whirl and bustle of a large metropolis

The train station was bustling with commuters.

The commuters bustled about inside the train station.

I was once so mad to bussell abroad, and seek about for preferment […].

Word Forms

• bustles
• bustling
• bustled

Synonyms for bustle

Depending on context, synonyms include flit, hustle, scamper, scurry, abound, brim.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include stir, hustle, fuss, flurry, ado, twist.

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