Bustle Definition

bŭsəl

bustled, bustles, bustling

verb

bustled, bustles, bustling

To move or cause to move energetically and busily.

American Heritage

To hurry busily or with much fuss and bother.

Webster's New World

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

The train station was bustling with commuters.

Wiktionary

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noun

bustles

Busy and noisy activity; commotion.

Webster's New World

A frame or pad to support and expand the fullness of the back of a woman's skirt.

American Heritage

A framework or padding formerly worn at the back by women to puff out the skirt.

Webster's New World

(computing) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.

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Other Word Forms of Bustle

Singular:

bustle

Plural:

Possibly variant of obsolete buskle frequentative of busk to prepare oneself from Old Norse būask reflexive of būa to prepare bheuə- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old Norse búask (“to prepare oneself”).

From Wiktionary
Origin unknown

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition