Definitions for bustle

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bustle bus·tle

Spelling: [buhs-uh l]

IPA: /ˈbʌs əl/

Bustle is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 114 anagrams from letters in bustle (belstu).

Definitions for bustle

noun

1. thriving or energetic activity; stir; ferment.
2. fullness around or below the waist of a dress, as added by a peplum, bows, ruffles, etc.
3. a pad, cushion, or framework formerly worn under the back of a woman's skirt to expand, support, and display the full cut and drape of a dress.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to bustle; hustle.

verb (used without object)

1. to move or act with a great show of energy (often followed by about):
2. to abound or teem with something; display an abundance of something; teem (often followed by with):

Origin of bustle

1615-25; Middle English bustelen to hurry aimlessly along, perhaps akin to Old Norse busla to splash about, bustle

Examples for bustle

It's no trial to you, Mark, to make yourself comfortable and to bustle about.

Since the film is set in the 19th century, Jones was outfitted in a series of Victorian era gowns, replete with bodice and bustle.

There is much purposeful hustle and bustle but tasks go uncompleted; confusion reigns.

I miss the hustle and bustle of New York when I fly in to speak or for meetings.

The bustle of the newsroom is a mere backdrop for self-involved characters to give talky speeches and taunt each other.

After nine months, McKeever gradually began to introduce Roger to the bustle and noise of New York.

What is there in it, says she, that all this bustle is about?

During this time there was a bustle of much interest in the paddock.

Meanwhile there had been bustle and preparation in all parts of the great vessel.

I heard the bustle of the others—of the audience going away.