bustle meaning
EN
[-ʌsəl] WBustle
- A bustle is a type of framework used to expand the fullness or support the drapery of the back of a woman's dress, occurring predominantly in the mid-to-late 19th century.
- NounPLbustles
- VerbSGbustlesPRbustlingPT, PPbustled
- To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
- The commuters bustled about inside the train station.
- To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing). See also bustle with.
- The train station was bustling with commuters.
- To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- He goes to the park to come away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
- She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings / That in the various bustle of resort / Were all toruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd — John Milton, Comus.
- Joe bustled back and offered her a glass of wine but she shook her head. “Just a water, please.”
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of bustle in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "bustle" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb.