bustling

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bustling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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           And leave the world for me to bustle in. --Shak.
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  Bustling \Bus"tling\ (b[u^]s"sl[i^]ng), a.
     Agitated; noisy; tumultuous; characterized by confused
     activity; as, a bustling crowd. "A bustling wharf."
     --Hawthorne.
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bustling - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bustling
      adj 1: full of energetic and noisy activity; "a bustling city"

bustling - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "bustling":
     active, agitated, brisk, busy, energetic, eventful, fidgety,
     fluttering, fluttery, fretful, full of incident, fussing, fussy,
     hopping, humming, hustling, jumpy, lively, momentous, on the go,
     phenomenal, popping, restless, stirring, turbulent, unquiet,
     unsettled