Meaning of BUSTLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'busul
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- [n] a rapid bustling commotion
- [n] a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt
- [v] move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"
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| | Synonyms: | | ado, bustle about, flurry, fuss, hustle, hustle, stir |
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| | See Also: | | belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, commotion, din, frame, framework, framing, hasten, hie, hotfoot, move, pelt along, race, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, rush, rush along, speed, tumult | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Bus"tle\ (b[u^]s"s'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bustled}
(-s'ld); p. pr. & vb.n. {Bustling} (-sl[i^]ng).] [Cf. OE.
buskle, perh. fr. AS. bysig busy, bysg-ian to busy + the
verbal termination -le; or Icel. bustla to splash, bustle.]
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.
Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.
A strange bustle and disturbance in the world. --South.
\Bus"tle\, n.
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}.
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