BUSTLE
\bˈʌsə͡l], \bˈʌsəl], \b_ˈʌ_s_əl]\
Definitions of BUSTLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"
By Princeton University
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move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.
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Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.
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A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; - called also bishop, and tournure.
By Oddity Software
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To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.
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Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.
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A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; - called also bishop, and tournure.
By Noah Webster.
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Tumult; noisy activity; a pad or cushion formerly worn by women beneath the skirt, below the waist at the back.
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To be noisily busy; to move quickly; to make a fuss or stir.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To busy one's self: to be active.
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Hurried activity: stir: tumult; also a part of ladies' attire, now no longer fashionable. (Amer.).
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
