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bustle::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bustle about, hustle |
| Type of | move |
The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance.
Examples of bustle
bustle
It values mobility, and expects a certain amount of energetic hustle and bustle.
From the stltoday.com
Again, just minutes from Sun City's bustle, we are quickly immersed in the bush.
From the dailymail.co.uk
Waiters bustle about in black braces, their ties tucked into crisp white shirts.
From the independent.co.uk
A welcome reprieve from the bustle of the Strip, the Gold Lounge is, well, gold.
From the latimes.com
So they chucked the typical isolation and quiet in favor of sunshine and bustle.
From the kentucky.com
The hustle and bustle of Sydney has been replaced with the calmness of Burleigh.
From the couriermail.com.au
The bustle is devoted to winning 45 by-elections due to take place on April 1st.
From the economist.com
Yet one is not far from department stores and all the bustle of the High Street.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Damascus Old City continues in relative normality with the bustle of daily life.
From the smh.com.au
- A rapid active commotion
- Move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"
- A framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt
- (bustling) full of energetic and noisy activity; "a bustling city"
- A bustle is a type of framework used to expand the fullness or support the drapery of the back of a woman's dress, occurring predominantly in the mid- to late 1800s. Bustles were worn under the skirt in the back, just below the waist, to keep the skirt from dragging. ...
- The Native American bustle is a traditional part of a man's regalia worn during a dance exhibition or wachipi (pow wow) and originates from the Plains region of the United States. ...
- An excited activity; a stir; A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine; A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt; To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about)
- Ideal for the practical bride; this long train can will flow behind you during the ceremony, but can be gently gathered to the back of your dress to allow you to walk or dance with ease.
- (Tournoure) An artificial shape, made of wired frames or stuffed forms that were attached to the waist to enlarge the shape of the female's posterior.
