- bustle around
- bustle aroundto move about very busily. •
The people were bustling around, trying to get things ready for the picnic.
•I wish you would stop bustling around.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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bustle — 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 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bustle — I UK [ˈbʌs(ə)l] / US noun Word forms bustle : singular bustle plural bustles 1) [uncountable] a lot of noisy activity in a crowded place the bustle of the big city 2) [countable] something that women wore round their waists in the past to hold… … English dictionary
bustle — [n] quick and busy activity ado, agitation, clamor, commotion, do*, excitement, flurry, furor, fuss, haste, hubbub, hurly burly*, hurry, pother, rumpus, stir, to do*, tumult, turmoil, uproar, whirl, whirlpool, whirlwind; concept 386 Ant. laziness … New thesaurus
Bustle — A bustle is a type of framework used to expand the fullness or support the drapery of the back of a woman s dress, occurring predominantly between the mid to late 1800s. Bustles were worn under the skirt in the back, just below the waist, to keep … Wikipedia
bustle — [[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… … English dictionary
bustle — 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 … Dictionary of contemporary English
bustle — 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… … Universalium
bustle — 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… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bustle — I. /ˈbʌsəl / (say busuhl) verb (bustled, bustling) –verb (i) 1. to move (in, around, about, etc.) with a great show of energy –verb (t) 2. to cause to bustle. –noun 3. activity with great show of energy; stir, commotion. {? variant of …
bustle — Synonyms and related words: 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,… … Moby Thesaurus
bustle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stir, rustle, fluster, flurry, ado. See activity, agitation, haste. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. move quickly, hasten, hustle; see hurry 1 , run 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. activity, commotion,… … English dictionary for students
