Thesaurus: bustle

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1. v. i. To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.
2. n. Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.
3. n. A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournure.
4. n. a rapid active commotion
5. n. a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt
6. v. move or cause to move energetically or busily
7. 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. Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement. A strange bustle and disturbance in the world. South. A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournure.
8. To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to causeagitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.And leave the world for me to bustle in. Shak.
9. n:28/v:72 n. a rapid active commotion n. a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt v. move or cause to move energetically or busily