Bustle

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ÊŒsÉ™l

Origin

From Old Norse búask ("to prepare oneself")

bustle in Merriam-Webster Dictionary

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Full definition of bustle

Noun

1. An excited activity; a stir.
• 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.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
2. (computing) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
3. (historical) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.

Derived terms

• hustle and bustle

Verb

1. To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.6:I was once so mad to bussell abroad, and seek about for preferment ....
2. ''The commuters bustled about inside the train station.
3. To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing). See also bustle with.''The train station was bustling with commuters.

Synonyms

• (to move busily) flit, hustle, scamper, scurry
• (to exhibit an energetic abundance) abound, brim, bristle, burst, crawl, swell, teem

Anagrams

• bluest, bluets, sublet, subtle