hustle and bustle

English

Alternative forms

• hustle-bustle

Pronunciation

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Noun

hustle and bustle (uncountable)

1. A large amount of activity and work, usually in a noisy surrounding.

   He moved to his parents' farm to have a break from the hustle and bustle of the big city.

Derived terms

• hustly-bustly

Translations

activity

• Azerbaijani: basabas
• Bulgarian: блъсканица (bg) f (blǎskanica)
• Finnish: hälinä (fi)
• French: tourbillon d'activité, animation (fr) m, rumeur (fr) f, bruit (fr) m, vacarme (fr) m
• Galician: trasfego m
• German: Rummel (de) m, Trubel (de) m
• Hebrew: המולה‎ (he), התרוצצות‎
• Italian: viavai (it) m, andirivieni (it) m, porto di mare m, vai e vieni m, girio m, tramestio m

• Maori: pōwaiwai
• Occitan: rambalh (oc) m, sarrabastal (oc) m, tarrabastal (oc) m
• Russian: сумато́ха (ru) f (sumatóxa), суета́ (ru) f (sujetá), толкотня́ (ru) f (tolkotnjá) (jostle, cram), су́толока (ru) f (sútoloka)
• Slovak: trma-vrma f
• Spanish: ajetreo (es), trajín (es)
• Turkish: itiş kakış, kargaşa (tr), itiş tepiş