'Bustle' definitions:
Definition of 'bustle'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
A framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt
verb
Move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance" [syn: bustle, bustle about, hustle]
Definition of 'Bustle'
From: GCIDE
- Bustle \Bus"tle\ (b[u^]s"s'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bustled (-s'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Bustling (-sl[i^]ng).] [Cf. OE. buskle, perh. fr. AS. bysig busy, bysg-ian to busy + the verbal termination -le; or Icel. bustla to splash, bustle.] To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd. [1913 Webster]
- And leave the world for me to bustle in. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bustle'
From: GCIDE
- Bustle \Bus"tle\, n. Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement. [1913 Webster]
- A strange bustle and disturbance in the world. --South. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bustle'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'bustle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- chase,
- cheat,
- chisel,
- chouse,
- churn,
- clamor,
- commotion,
- conturbation,
- cozen,
- crowd,
- dash,
- dash off,
- dash on,
- discomposure,
- disorder,
- dispatch,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- disturbance,
- double-time,
- drive,
- drive on,
- dust,
- ebullience,
- ebullition,
- eddy,
- effervescence,
- embroilment,
- excitement,
- expedite,
- fanfaronade,
- feery-fary,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- festinate,
- fever,
- feverishness,
- fidgetiness,
- fidgets,
- fit,
- flap,
- flit,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutter,
- flutteration,
- flutteriness,
- fly,
- foment,
- forward,
- fume,
- furore,
- fuss,
- fussiness,
- get going,
- get moving,
- gyp,
- hassle,
- haste,
- hasten,
- hasten on,
- hectoring,
- helter-skelter,
- hie on,
- hubbub,
- hullabaloo,
- hurly-burly,
- hurry,
- hurry about,
- hurry along,
- hurry on,
- hurry through,
- hurry up,
- hurry-scurry,
- hustle,
- hustle up,
- inquietude,
- intimidation,
- jitters,
- jumpiness,
- kiln,
- leap,
- lose no time,
- maelstrom,
- make a fuss,
- make haste,
- malaise,
- moil,
- move quickly,
- nerviness,
- nervosity,
- nervousness,
- overreach,
- pell-mell,
- perturbation,
- plunge,
- post,
- pother,
- precipitate,
- press,
- press on,
- push,
- push on,
- push through,
- quicken,
- race,
- railroad through,
- rant,
- ream,
- restlessness,
- rodomontade,
- roil,
- rout,
- row,
- ruffle,
- run,
- rush,
- rush about,
- rush along,
- rush around,
- rush through,
- scamper,
- scramble,
- scurry,
- scuttle,
- seethe,
- seething,
- side,
- spasm,
- speed,
- speed along,
- speed up,
- splutter,
- spur,
- spurt,
- sputter,
- stampede,
- stew,
- sting,
- stir,
- swagger,
- swashbucklery,
- sweat,
- swirl,
- swirling,
- take,
- tear,
- tear around,
- to-do,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- tumult,
- tumultuation,
- turbidity,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- twitter,
- unease,
- unquiet,
- unrest,
- uproar,
- upset,
- urge,
- vortex,
- whip,
- whip along,
- whirl,
- whirlpool,
- whirlwind,
- whisk,
- whiz about,
- yeastiness