bustle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse búask (“to prepare oneself”)[1].
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ʌsəl
Noun[edit]
bustle (plural bustles)
- 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
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
- (computing) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
- (obsolete) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
An excited activity; a stir
A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt
A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine
Verb[edit]
bustle (third-person singular simple present bustles, present participle bustling, simple past and past participle bustled)
- 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 [...].
- The commuters bustled about inside the train station.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.6:
- 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[edit]
- (to move busily): flit, hustle, scamper, scurry
- (to exhibit an energetic abundance): abound, brim, bristle, burst, crawl, swell, teem
Translations[edit]
To move busily and energetically
