bustle
IPA: bˈʌsʌɫ
noun
- (countable, uncountable) An excited activity; a stir.
- (computing, countable) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
- (historical, countable) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.
- A surname from German.
verb
- To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
- To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing).
- (transitive) To push around, to importune.
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Examples of "bustle" in Sentences
- It is easily done in the hustle and bustle.
- The plaza became a scene of gaiety and bustle.
- It is all life, bustle, briskness, brightness, beauty.
- Niki grew up in the hustle and bustle of wartime Budapest.
- The waterfront was the setting of much bustle and activity.
- We needed to be alone, without the hustle and bustle of the living.