bustle
11bustle — 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 …
12bustle — {{11}}bustle (1) be active, mid 14c., frequentative of M.E. bresten to rush, break, from O.E. bersten (see BURST (Cf. burst)), influenced by O.N. buask to make oneself ready (see BUSK (Cf. busk) (v.)), or directly from busk as a frequentative… …
13bustle — 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… …
14bustle — 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 …
15bustle — [[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… …
16bustle — 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… …
17bustle — 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… …
18bustle — 1. verb people bustled about Syn: rush, dash, hurry, scurry, scuttle, hustle, scamper, scramble; run, tear, charge; informal scoot, beetle, buzz, zoom 2. noun the bustle of the market Syn …
19bustle — 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 …
20bustle — 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 ;… …
