Bustle

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A pad, cushion, curved frame-work of wire, or the like, worn by women on the back part of the body below the waist for the purpose of improving the figure, causing the folds of the skirt to hang gracefully, and preventing the skirt from interfering with the feet in walking.
  • To display activity with a certain amount of noise or agitation; be active and stirring; move quickly and energetically: sometimes used, reflexively.
  • noun. Activity with noise and agitation; stir; hurry-scurry.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.
  • intransitive verb. To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance.
  • noun. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An excited activity; a stir.
  • noun. A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
  • noun. A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt.
  • verb. To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
  • verb. To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing). See also bustle with.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. move or cause to move energetically or busily
  • noun. a rapid active commotion
  • noun. a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt
    • Word Usage
    "As the last melodies faded away, I heard a bustle from the doorway."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    deliberation  idleness  leisure  
    cross-reference
    rustle  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    commotion  din  framework  move  ruckus  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Russel  Russell  bussell  hustle  muscle  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    amusement  busy  chatter  clamour  clatter  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abound  accelerate  action  ado  agitation  
    variant
    bishop  tournure  
    verb-form
    bustled  bustles  bustling  
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