BUSTLE DEFINITIONS - 10 definitions found
bustle n 1: a rapid active commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir] 2: a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt v 1: move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance" [syn: bustle, bustle about, hustle] bustle sublet subtle bluest bluets Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) bustle I. intransitive verb (bustled; bustling) Etymology: probably alteration of obsolete buskle to prepare, frequentative of busk, from Old Norse būask to prepare oneself Date: 1580 1. to move briskly and often ostentatiously 2. to be busily astir ; teem • bustling adjective • bustlingly adverb II. noun Date: 1621 noisy, energetic, and often obtrusive activity <the hustle and bustle of the big city> III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1786 a pad or framework expanding and supporting the fullness and drapery of the back of a woman's skirt or dress; also the drapery so supported Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Bustle \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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Bustle \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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Bustle \Bus"tle\, n. Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement. A strange bustle and disturbance in the world. --South. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms bustle I. v. n. Fuss, stir about, busy one's self, be active, be busy, bestir one's self, make a fuss, be in a fidget, be in a pucker ( Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 195 Moby Thesaurus words for "bustle": accelerate, ado, agitation, bake, beat, bilk, bite, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, blustering, boastfulness, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, botheration, bravado, brouhaha, bullying, bundle, burst, buzz about, chase, cheat, chisel, chouse, churn, clamor, commotion, conturbation, cozen, crowd, dash, dash off, dash on, discomposure, disorder, dispatch, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, double-time, drive, drive on, dust, ebullience, ebullition, eddy, effervescence, embroilment, excitement, expedite, fanfaronade, feery-fary, ferment, fermentation, festinate, fever, feverishness, fidgetiness, fidgets, fit, flap, flit, flurry, fluster, flutter, flutteration, flutteriness, fly, foment, forward, fume, furore, fuss, fussiness, get going, get moving, gyp, hassle, haste, hasten, hasten on, hectoring, helter-skelter, hie on, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly-burly, hurry, hurry about, hurry along, hurry on, hurry through, hurry up, hurry-scurry, hustle, hustle up, inquietude, intimidation, jitters, jumpiness, kiln, leap, lose no time, maelstrom, make a fuss, make haste, malaise, moil, move quickly, nerviness, nervosity, nervousness, overreach, pell-mell, perturbation, plunge, post, pother, precipitate, press, press on, push, push on, push through, quicken, race, railroad through, rant, ream, restlessness, rodomontade, roil, rout, row, ruffle, run, rush, rush about, rush along, rush around, rush through, scamper, scramble, scurry, scuttle, seethe, seething, side, spasm, speed, speed along, speed up, splutter, spur, spurt, sputter, stampede, stew, sting, stir, swagger, swashbucklery, sweat, swirl, swirling, take, tear, tear around, to-do, trepidation, trepidity, tumult, tumultuation, turbidity, turbulence, turmoil, twitter, unease, unquiet, unrest, uproar, upset, urge, vortex, whip, whip along, whirl, whirlpool, whirlwind, whisk, whiz about, yeastiness |
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