bustle
/ˈbʌsəl/ verb B2- To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about). · The commuters bustled about inside the train station.
- To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing). · The train station was bustling with commuters.
- To push around, to importune.
He/she/it bustles · Past bustled · Past participle bustled · -ing form bustling
Verb forms
- Base form
- bustle
- He/she/it
- bustles
- Past
- bustled
- Past participle
- bustled
- -ing form
- bustling
From the library
Then I have to bustle about and see things with my own eyes.
The day passed most pleasantly away; the morning in bustle and shopping, and the evening at one of the theatres.
“He was rattled and bustled by meeting this other fellow.
“My first movement Watson,” said he, as he bustled into his frockcoat, “must, as I said, be in the direction of Blackheath.”
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