bustle

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈbʌsəl/

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Noun

Singular bustle

Plural bustles

1. A bustle is an excited activity.

Verb

Plain form bustle

Third-person singular bustles

Past tense bustled

Past participle bustled

Present participle bustling

1. If you bustle, you move in an energetic way.

   The commuters bustled about inside the train station.