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• bustle about — verb move or cause to move energetically or busily (Freq. 1) The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance • Syn: ↑bustle, ↑hustle • Derivationally related forms: ↑hustle (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• bustle about — v. move vigorously, cause to move busily …   English contemporary dictionary

• bustle — bus|tle1 [ˈbʌsəl] v [I 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 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• bustle — v 1.Often bustle about stir, move, fuss, fly, flutter, flit, buzz; hustle, run, rush, dash, dart, scramble, scamper, scuttle, hurry, lose no time. 2.Often bustle with abound, teem, swarm, be filled, be bursting, be overrun or thronged, be buzzing …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Bustle — A bustle is a type of framework used to expand the fullness or support the drapery of the back of a woman s dress, occurring predominantly between the mid to late 1800s. Bustles were worn under the skirt in the back, just below the waist, to keep …   Wikipedia

• bustle — I UK [ˈbʌs(ə)l] / US noun Word forms bustle : singular bustle plural bustles 1) [uncountable] a lot of noisy activity in a crowded place the bustle of the big city 2) [countable] something that women wore round their waists in the past to hold… …   English dictionary

• bustle — bustle1 bustler, n. bustlingly, adv. /bus euhl/, v., bustled, bustling, n. v.i. 1. to move or act with a great show of energy (often fol. by about): He bustled about cooking breakfast. 2. to abound or teem with something; display an abundance of… …   Universalium

• bustle — 1. noun a) An excited activity; a stir. we are, perhaps, all the while flattering our natural indolence, which, hating the bustle of the world, and drudgery of business seeks a pretence of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence… …   Wiktionary

• bustle — bus|tle1 [ bʌsl ] noun 1. ) uncount a lot of noisy activity in a crowded place: the bustle of the big city 2. ) count something that women wore around their waists in the past to hold their skirts away from their bodies at the back bustle bus|tle …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bustle — [[t]bʌ̱s(ə)l[/t]] bustles, bustling, bustled 1) VERB If someone bustles somewhere, they move there in a hurried and determined way, often because they are very busy. [V prep/adv] My mother bustled around the kitchen... [V prep/adv] She bustled… …   English dictionary

• bustle — 1 verb (intransitive always + adv/prep) to move around quickly, looking very busy (+ about/round etc): Madge bustled round the room putting things away. . 2 noun 1 (singular) busy and usually noisy activity (+ of): a continual bustle of people… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English