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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbʌsəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bustle.wav Forms: bustles [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌsəl Etymology: From Middle English bustlen, bustelen, bostlen, perhaps an alteration of *busklen (> Modern English buskle), a frequentative of Middle English busken (“to prepare; make ready”), from Old Norse búask (“to prepare oneself”); or alternatively from a frequentative form of Middle English busten, bisten (“to buffet; pummel; dash; beat”) + -le. Compare also Icelandic bustla (“to splash; bustle”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bustlen}} Middle English bustlen, {{cog|en|buskle}} English buskle, {{der|en|enm|busken|t=to prepare; make ready}} Middle English busken (“to prepare; make ready”), {{der|en|non|búa|búask|t=to prepare oneself}} Old Norse búask (“to prepare oneself”), {{der|en|enm|busten}} Middle English busten, {{suf|en||le|id2=verbal frequentative}} + -le, {{cog|is|bustla|t=to splash; bustle}} Icelandic bustla (“to splash; bustle”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bustle (countable and uncountable, plural bustles)
  1. (countable, uncountable) An excited activity; a stir. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Clothing Translations (excited activity): روينة (rwīna) [Moroccan-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), իրարանցում (irarancʻum) (Armenian), суетня (suetnja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), bullícia [feminine] (Catalan), vilinä (Finnish), vilske (Finnish), kihinä (Finnish), touhu (Finnish), hyörintä (Finnish), säpinä (Finnish), affairement [masculine] (French), branlebas [masculine] (French), remue-ménage [masculine] (French), agitation [feminine] (French), Hektik (German), viavai [masculine] (Italian), andirivieni [masculine] (Italian), rosme [feminine] (Latvian), možums [masculine] (Latvian), pōwaiwai (Maori), tinné [masculine] (Norman), travelhet (Norwegian), bieganina [feminine] (Polish), freneticidade [feminine] (Portuguese), freamăt (Romanian), переполо́х (perepolóx) [masculine] (Russian), суета́ (sujetá) [feminine] (Russian), сумато́ха (sumatóxa) [feminine] (Russian), ajetreo [masculine] (Spanish), rimowe-manaedje [masculine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-bustle-en-noun-gKXdYGJs Disambiguation of Clothing: 29 2 20 29 18 0 Disambiguation of 'excited activity': 93 6 2
  2. (computing, countable) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Computing Translations (cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine): taustalevy (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-bustle-en-noun-EBusYoX5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -le (verbal frequentative), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Walloon translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 47 8 20 22 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -le (verbal frequentative): 5 35 8 21 22 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 27 5 27 32 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 47 8 19 22 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 46 8 19 23 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 5 31 9 24 24 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 32 9 22 25 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 6 32 8 22 25 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 4 32 7 22 25 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 6 32 8 22 25 7 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 32 7 22 25 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 30 7 24 28 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 3 34 7 24 25 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 3 35 7 22 26 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 6 32 8 23 25 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 6 32 8 22 25 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations: 2 44 8 21 23 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 6 32 8 23 25 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 6 32 8 22 25 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 5 26 7 24 28 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 31 8 24 26 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 6 32 8 22 25 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 34 7 24 25 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 36 7 21 25 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 5 32 8 23 25 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 6 32 8 22 25 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Walloon translations: 6 32 8 22 25 7 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine': 1 96 3
  3. (historical, countable) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops. Tags: countable, historical Categories (topical): Clothing Translations (frame worn underneath a woman's skirt): турнюр (turnjur) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cul de Paris [masculine] (Dutch), turnyyri (Finnish), tournure [feminine] (French), sottana [feminine] (Italian), バッスル (bassuru) (Japanese), turnură [feminine] (Romanian), polisón [masculine] (Spanish), turnyr [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bustle-en-noun-6QkyjYPy Disambiguation of Clothing: 29 2 20 29 18 0 Disambiguation of "frame worn underneath a woman's skirt": 2 2 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bustlesome, bustly, hustle and bustle, hustle-bustle

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbʌsəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bustle.wav Forms: bustles [present, singular, third-person], bustling [participle, present], bustled [participle, past], bustled [past]
Rhymes: -ʌsəl Etymology: From Middle English bustlen, bustelen, bostlen, perhaps an alteration of *busklen (> Modern English buskle), a frequentative of Middle English busken (“to prepare; make ready”), from Old Norse búask (“to prepare oneself”); or alternatively from a frequentative form of Middle English busten, bisten (“to buffet; pummel; dash; beat”) + -le. Compare also Icelandic bustla (“to splash; bustle”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bustlen}} Middle English bustlen, {{cog|en|buskle}} English buskle, {{der|en|enm|busken|t=to prepare; make ready}} Middle English busken (“to prepare; make ready”), {{der|en|non|búa|búask|t=to prepare oneself}} Old Norse búask (“to prepare oneself”), {{der|en|enm|busten}} Middle English busten, {{suf|en||le|id2=verbal frequentative}} + -le, {{cog|is|bustla|t=to splash; bustle}} Icelandic bustla (“to splash; bustle”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} bustle (third-person singular simple present bustles, present participle bustling, simple past and past participle bustled)
  1. To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about). Categories (topical): Clothing Synonyms (to move busily): flit, hustle, scamper, scurry Translations (to move busily and energetically): суетя се (suetja se) (Bulgarian), trafeguejar (Catalan), kiiruhtaa (Finnish), s'affairer (French), hasten (German), affaccendarsi (Italian), toritori (Maori), суетиться (sujetitʹsja) (Russian), ajetrear (Spanish), trajinar (Spanish), метуши́тися (metušýtysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-bustle-en-verb-~71wP8RN Disambiguation of Clothing: 29 2 20 29 18 0 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 27 5 27 32 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 30 7 24 28 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 5 26 7 24 28 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 31 8 24 26 6 Disambiguation of 'to move busily': 78 22 0 Disambiguation of 'to move busily and energetically': 81 19 0
  2. To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing). Categories (topical): Clothing Synonyms (to exhibit an energetic abundance): abound, brim, bristle, burst, crawl, swell, teem Translations (to teem or abound (with)): гъмжа (gǎmža) (Bulgarian), bullir (Catalan), kihistä (Finnish), vilistä (Finnish), s’activer (French), pullulare (Italian), кишеть (kišetʹ) (Russian), изобиловать (izobilovatʹ) (Russian), abundar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-bustle-en-verb-gzphu28P Disambiguation of Clothing: 29 2 20 29 18 0 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 27 5 27 32 6 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 4 30 7 24 28 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 5 26 7 24 28 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 31 8 24 26 6 Disambiguation of 'to exhibit an energetic abundance': 4 96 0 Disambiguation of 'to teem or abound (with)': 1 91 8
  3. (transitive) To push around, to importune. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-bustle-en-verb-OwvKJCoR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: abustle, bustler, outbustle

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2006, Peter Godwin, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa:",
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        "(historical, countable) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops."
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      "code": "ary",
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      "sense": "excited activity",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "irarancʻum",
      "sense": "excited activity",
      "word": "իրարանցում"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "excited activity",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "excited activity",
      "word": "säpinä"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "excited activity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "affairement"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "excited activity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "branlebas"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "excited activity",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "excited activity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "agitation"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "excited activity",
      "word": "Hektik"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "excited activity",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "excited activity",
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "excited activity",
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      "code": "lv",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "možums"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "pōwaiwai"
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      "code": "nrf",
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      "sense": "excited activity",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "excited activity",
      "word": "travelhet"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "excited activity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "bieganina"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "excited activity",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "excited activity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "сумато́ха"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "excited activity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ajetreo"
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      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "excited activity",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "taustalevy"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "tournure"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "frame worn underneath a woman's skirt",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sottana"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "frame worn underneath a woman's skirt",
      "word": "バッスル"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "turnură"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "frame worn underneath a woman's skirt",
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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
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    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
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          "text": "Don’t bustle her or fuss or snatch: / A suitor looking at his watch / Is not a posture that persuades / Willing, much less reluctant maids.",
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      "word": "hustle"
    },
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      "sense": "to move busily",
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      "sense": "to exhibit an energetic abundance",
      "word": "abound"
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      "sense": "to exhibit an energetic abundance",
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      "sense": "to exhibit an energetic abundance",
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      "word": "суетя се"
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      "sense": "to move busily and energetically",
      "word": "s'affairer"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to move busily and energetically",
      "word": "hasten"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to move busily and energetically",
      "word": "affaccendarsi"
    },
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "to move busily and energetically",
      "word": "toritori"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "to move busily and energetically",
      "word": "суетиться"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to move busily and energetically",
      "word": "ajetrear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to move busily and energetically",
      "word": "trajinar"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "metušýtysja",
      "sense": "to move busily and energetically",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gǎmža",
      "sense": "to teem or abound (with)",
      "word": "гъмжа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to teem or abound (with)",
      "word": "bullir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to teem or abound (with)",
      "word": "kihistä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to teem or abound (with)",
      "word": "vilistä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to teem or abound (with)",
      "word": "s’activer"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to teem or abound (with)",
      "word": "pullulare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kišetʹ",
      "sense": "to teem or abound (with)",
      "word": "кишеть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izobilovatʹ",
      "sense": "to teem or abound (with)",
      "word": "изобиловать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to teem or abound (with)",
      "word": "abundar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bustle"
}

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