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单词 bustles
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bustle

1 of 3

verb

bus·​tle ˈbə-səl How to pronounce bustle (audio)
bustled; bustling ˈbəs-liŋ How to pronounce bustle (audio)
ˈbə-sə-

intransitive verb

1
: to move briskly and often ostentatiously
bustled around the kitchen
2
: to be busily astir : teem
The house was bustling with activity.

bustle

2 of 3

noun (1)

: noisy, energetic, and often obtrusive activity
the hustle and bustle of the big city

bustle

3 of 3

noun (2)

clothing : a pad or framework expanding and supporting the fullness and drapery of the back of a woman's skirt or dress
the bustle of a 19th century wedding gown
also : the drapery so supported

Synonyms

Verb

  • abound
  • brim
  • bristle
  • bulge
  • burst
  • buzz
  • crawl
  • hum
  • overflow
  • pullulate
  • swarm
  • teem

Noun (1)

  • ado
  • alarums and excursions
  • ballyhoo
  • blather
  • bluster
  • bobbery
  • bother
  • clatter
  • clutter [chiefly dialect]
  • coil
  • commotion
  • corroboree [Australian]
  • disturbance
  • do [chiefly dialect]
  • foofaraw
  • fun
  • furor
  • furore
  • fuss
  • helter-skelter
  • hoo-ha
  • hoo-hah
  • hoopla
  • hubble-bubble
  • hubbub
  • hullabaloo
  • hurly
  • hurly-burly
  • hurricane
  • hurry
  • hurry-scurry
  • hurry-skurry
  • kerfuffle [chiefly British]
  • moil
  • pandemonium
  • pother
  • row
  • ruckus
  • ruction
  • rumpus
  • shindy
  • splore [Scottish]
  • squall
  • stew
  • stir
  • storm
  • to-do
  • tumult
  • turmoil
  • uproar
  • welter
  • whirl
  • williwaw
  • zoo
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Example Sentences

Verb She bustled around the kitchen getting ready for dinner guests. on Saturdays the city's downtown bustles with activity as a farmers' market sets up shop

Word History

Etymology

Verb and Noun (1)

probably alteration of obsolete buskle to prepare, frequentative of busk, from Old Norse būask to prepare oneself

Noun (2)

origin unknown

First Known Use

Verb

1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (1)

1637, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1782, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

bustle 1 of 2

verb

bus·​tle ˈbə-səl How to pronounce bustle (audio)
bustled; bustling
: to move about in a busy or noisy way

bustle

2 of 2

noun

: busy or noisy activity

bustles 1 of 2

noun

plural of bustle
as in stirs
a state of noisy, confused activity I couldn't concentrate in all the bustle of the student lounge

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • stirs
  • disturbances
  • commotions
  • fusses
  • turmoils
  • clatters
  • noises
  • rows
  • clutters
  • rackets
  • storms
  • roars
  • fun
  • blathers
  • coils
  • whirls
  • ruckuses
  • bothers
  • hurricanes
  • hubbubs
  • pandemoniums
  • corroborees
  • tumults
  • furors
  • uproars
  • hullabaloos
  • zoos
  • furores
  • welters
  • hooplas
  • bluster
  • kerfuffles
  • alarums and excursions
  • shindies
  • flurries
  • moils
  • ballyhoos
  • ados
  • squalls
  • hoo-hahs
  • rumpuses
  • ructions
  • stews
  • clamors
  • pothers
  • upheavals
  • shindys
  • foofaraws
  • flutters
  • bobberies
  • hurly-burlies
  • williwaws
  • dins
  • hurry-scurries
  • hurlies
  • cacophonies
  • helter-skelters
  • howls
  • splores
  • hubble-bubbles
  • to-dos
  • dos
  • hurry-skurries
  • brawls
  • hoo-has
  • outcries
  • eruptions
  • scuffles
  • disorders
  • frays
  • outbreaks
  • do's
  • outbursts
  • dithers
  • fracas
  • fracases
  • hassles
  • tizzies
  • fevers
  • melees
  • frets
  • mêlées
  • lathers
  • hue and cries
  • flare-ups

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • hushes
  • quiets
  • calms
  • rests
  • tranquilities
  • tranquillities
  • peaces
  • orders
  • quietudes
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bustles

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of bustle
1
as in buzzes
to be copiously supplied on Saturdays the city's downtown bustles with activity as a farmers' market sets up shop

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • buzzes
  • bursts
  • hums
  • brims
  • teems
  • bulges
  • abounds
  • swarms
  • bristles
  • overflows
  • crawls
  • pullulates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • needs
  • wants
  • lacks
2
as in scurries
to proceed or move quickly the hostess bustled about, taking care of last-minute preparations for the party

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • scurries
  • rushes
  • hurries
  • speeds
  • buzzes
  • travels
  • zips
  • races
  • trots
  • flies
  • drives
  • chases
  • jumps
  • hustles
  • scoots
  • runs
  • scuttles
  • darts
  • blows
  • rustles
  • steps
  • dashes
  • whirls
  • blasts
  • bowls
  • jogs
  • zooms
  • whisks
  • breezes
  • rips
  • tears
  • shoots
  • hurtles
  • motors
  • bolts
  • barrels
  • rams
  • blazes
  • belts
  • hastens
  • bundles
  • hies
  • humps
  • rockets
  • hurls
  • nips
  • careers
  • careens
  • courses
  • pelts
  • highballs
  • cannonballs
  • gallops
  • hares
  • jets
  • flits
  • beats it
  • bombs
  • scampers
  • hotfoots (it)
  • scuffles
  • shakes a leg
  • cracks (on)
  • makes tracks
  • whizzes
  • steps on it
  • beetles
  • stampedes
  • sprints
  • accelerates
  • gets a move on
  • scuds
  • streaks
  • quickens
  • overtakes
  • outstrips
  • outpaces
  • outruns
  • arrows
  • steps out
  • beelines
  • fast-forwards
  • catches up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • crawls
  • drags
  • lingers
  • pokes
  • lags
  • creeps
  • strolls
  • loiters
  • pokes
  • dawdles
  • saunters
  • hangs (around or out)
  • ambles
  • shuffles
  • dallies
  • tarries
  • plods
  • lumbers
  • decelerates
  • slows (down or up)
  • dillydallies
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