Bustle definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BUS'TLE, v.i. bus ... noise or agitation. And leave the world for me to bustle in. BUS'TLE, n. bus'l. Hurry; great stir; rapid ... or agitation; combustion. All would have been well without this bustle. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a rapid active commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir] 2: a framework worn at ... busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance" [syn: bustle, bustle about, hustle] Merriam Webster's I. intransitive verb (bustled; ...
bustle about definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: move ... busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance" [syn: bustle, bustle about, hustle]
... perhaps to Gr. to blow or puff.] A tumult; a bustle; but the word is vulgar. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005 ... tiff, squabble, pettifoggery, fuss] 4: a rapid active commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir] v 1: worry unnecessarily or ... I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1701 1. a. needless bustle or excitement b. a show of flattering attention < made a ... noun Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & v. --n. 1 excited commotion, bustle, ostentatious or nervous activity. 2 a excessive concern about a ... Dictionary Fuss Fuss, n. [Cf. Fusome.] 1. A tumult; a bustle; unnecessary or annoying ado about trifles. --Byron. Zealously, assiduously, and ... be overbusy or unduly anxious about trifles; to make a bustle or ado. --Sir W. Scott. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary ( ...
... gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam] 2: a rapid active commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir] v 1: cause to move ... busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance" [syn: bustle, bustle about, hustle] 3: sell something to or obtain something from ... hustled into agreeing). 3 intr. push one's way; hurry, bustle. 4 tr. sl. a obtain by forceful action. b swindle ... Shell Cottage provides the perfect retreat from the hustle and bustle of London... = bustle Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms v. a. Push, ...
... FLUS'TER, v.i. To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated. FLUS'TER, n. Heat; glow; agitation; confusion ... easily). 2 tr. confuse with drink; half-intoxicate. 3 intr. bustle. --n. a confused or agitated state. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn.: cf. Icel. flaustr(a) hurry, bustle Webster's 1913 Dictionary Fluster Flus"ter, v. i. To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused. The flstering, vainglorious Greeks. --South ... bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, botheration, bravado, brouhaha, bug, bullying, burst, bustle, chaos, churn, cloud, commotion, confound, confuse, confusion, conturbation, daze, dazzle ...
... pronounced bother. Its origin and affinities are not ascertained.] 1. Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter. [Low.] 2. A suffocating cloud. POTH'ER ... n. [Cf. D. peuteren to rummage, poke. Cf. Potter, Pudder.] Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother. [Written also potter, and pudder.] ``What ... 1913 Dictionary Pother Poth"er, v. i. To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Pother ... himself.'' --Locke. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. n. Bustle, tumult, turmoil, flutter, rumpus, confusion, pudder, huddle, turbulence, hurlyburly, commotion ... bristle, broil, brouhaha, brown off, bug, bullyrag, burn up, burst, bustle, chaos, chivy, clamor, cloud, commotion, complicate matters, concern, confoundment, confuse ...
... rise in the morning. [Colloquial.] STIR, n. 1. Agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements. Why all these words, this clamor ... emotional agitation and excitement 3: a rapid active commotion [syn: bustle, hustle, flurry, ado, fuss, stir] v 1: move an implement ... n. 1. The act or result of stirring; agitation; tumult; bustle; noise or various movements. Why all these words, this clamor ... in the morning), get up. III. n. 1. Agitation, tumult, bustle, excitement, confusion, hurry, movement, activity, flurry, ado, fidget, fuss. 2 ... boiling, bother, botheration, brawl, brig, broil, brouhaha, budge, burst, business, bustle, calaboose, call forth, call up, can, challenge, change, change place ...
... noisy activity; "a bustling city" Merriam Webster's adjective see bustle I Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bustling Bus"tling (b[u ... bustling crowd. ``A bustling wharf.'' --Hawthorne. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bustle Bus"tle (b[u^]s"s'l), v. i. [imp ... busy + the verbal termination -le; or Icel. bustla to splash, bustle.] To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd. And leave the world for me to bustle in. --Shak. Moby Thesaurus active, agitated, brisk, busy, energetic, eventful ...
... be the same as pother.] A tumult; a confused noise; bustle. [Vulgar.] PUD'DER, v.i. To make a tumult or bustle. PUD'DER, v.t. To perplex; to embarrass; to confuse ... n. [Cf. D. peuteren to rummage, poke. Cf. Potter, Pudder.] Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother. [Written also potter, and pudder.] ``What ... vb. n. Puddering.] [Cf. Pother.] To make a tumult or bustle; to splash; to make a pother or fuss; to potter ... der, n. A pother; a tumult; a confused noise; turmoil; bustle. ``All in a pudder.'' --Milton.
... there was with huge pots, pans and spits. 2. Noise; bustle. [This sense seems allied to clatter, but it is not ... to clutter the house. CLUTTER, v.i. To make a bustle, or fill with confusion. [The English lexicographers explain this word by noise and bustle; but probably by mistake.] WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n ... Clut"ter, v. i. To make a confused noise; to bustle. It [the goose] cluttered here, it chuckled there. --Tennyson. Webster ... n Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. n. 1. Bustle, clatter, clattering, racket, confused noise. 2. Confused mass, disorder, disarray ...
... be in haste, but never in a hurry. 3. Tumult; bustle; commotion. Ambition raises a tumult in the soul, and puts ... The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency; bustle; confusion. Ambition raises a tumult in the soul, it inflames ... s horse. III. n. 1. Precipitation, flurry, flutter, agitation, confusion, bustle, perturbation, hurry-skurry. 2. Haste, despatch, celerity, quickness, promptitude, expedition ... Moby Thesaurus accelerate, ado, agitation, air speed, bolt, brouhaha, bundle, bustle, buzz about, career, celerity, chase, cheer on, commotion, crowd, dart ...
Bustled definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bustle Bus"tle (b[u^]s"s'l), v. i. [imp ... busy + the verbal termination -le; or Icel. bustla to splash, bustle.] To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd. And leave the world for me to bustle in. --Shak.