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Bustle Common

Bustle has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a rapid active commotion

2

a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt

3

An excited activity; a stir.

Verb
1

move or cause to move energetically or busily

"The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"

2

To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
commotion framework move
Rhyming Words
tle lttle ixtle sutle litle kytle butle title ittle ettle attle dartle nustle myrtle firtle tootle justle cantle bootle mantle
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