bustle

About 1.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An excited activity; a stir. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   the hum and bustle; a din and bustle

2. noun A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
3. noun A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.
4. noun Money; cash.
5. verb To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).

   The commuters bustled about inside the train station.

6. verb To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing).

   The train station was bustling with commuters.

7. verb To push around, to importune.

Similar words

stir hustle fuss flurry ado bustle about twist turn phrasing todo

Often followed by

of and in about on that was at which

Word family

bustled bustles bustling bustlingly