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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bustle \Bus"tle\ (b[u^]s"s'l), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Bustled} (-s'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bustling} (-sl[i^]ng).] [Cf. OE. buskle, perh. fr. AS. bysig busy, bysg-ian to 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Bustling \Bus"tling\ (b[u^]s"sl[i^]ng), adjective Agitated; noisy; tumultuous; characterized by confused activity; as, a bustling crowd. ''A bustling wharf.'' --Hawthorne. ||
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
bustling
adjective: full of energetic and noisy activity; "a bustling city"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "bustling": active, agitated, brisk, busy, energetic, eventful, fidgety, fluttering, fluttery, fretful, full of incident, fussing, fussy, hopping, humming, hustling, jumpy, lively, momentous, on the go, phenomenal, popping, restless, stirring, turbulent, unquiet, unsettled
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