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Meanings of bustle in English

Portuguese
freneticidade
Catalan
bullit
Spanish
revuelo

A rapid active commotion.

        freneticidade

        Move or cause to move energetically or busily.

              Usage of bustle in English
              1
              She heard the pleasant bustle below; the light laughter, the cheery calls.
              The Shield of Silence
              2
              There was immediately a great bustle and panic among all the nucleons.
              Alice in quantumland: an allegory of quantum physics
              3
              All through the night there was bustle and commotion in the house.
              Mary Barton
              4
              As we entered the inclosure we found the house in a bustle.
              Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family / or, A Residence...
              5
              Esther and Catherine found relief and amusement in the bustle of preparation.
              Esther
              6
              Sometimes, but not often, the bustle of the press box just stops.
              The Guardian
              7
              Eve had turned her eyes in the direction of crowd and bustle.
              Eve's Ransom
              8
              As for me, I am in the height of bustle and confusion.
              Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 2.
              9
              When I got back to Chieveley all was bustle in the camp.
              London to Ladysmith via Pretoria
              10
              All is bustle and business at home in expectation of his return:
              Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal
              11
              All this bustle was in the nature of a picnic to them.
              Afloat on the Flood
              12
              As if he hoped the bustle there would supply him with ideas.
              Gunman's Reckoning
              13
              Round about fluttered ribbons and handkerchiefs; round about were noise and bustle.
              O. T., A Danish Romance
              14
              He seemed to regard the bustle and hammering as a personal affront.
              Chicken Little Jane
              15
              But in the midst of all this bustle, Willie moped and pined.
              Half a Life-Time Ago
              16
              Staff bustle about, setting up training sessions for boxing, table tennis, football.
              The Guardian
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              Translations for bustle
              Portuguese
              freneticidade
              Bustle through the time
              Bustle across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              Ireland
              Common
              United States of America
              Less common