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   Bus·tle

   /ˈbəs(ə)l/

   

   verb

   • 1. move in an energetic or noisy manner: "people clutching clipboards bustled about" Similar rushdashscurryscuttlescamperscrambleflutterfusshurryhastenmake hasteracerunsprinttearshootchargechasecareerscutterinformal:scootbeetlewhizbuzzharezoomzipOpposite amble
   • ▪ make (someone) move hurriedly in a particular direction: "she bustled us into the kitchen" Similar hustlebundlesweeppushhurryrushwhiskwhip
   • ▪ (of a place) be full of activity: "the small harbor bustled with boats"

   noun

   • 1. excited activity and movement: "all the noise and the traffic and the bustle"

   Word Origin late Middle English: perhaps a variant of obsolete buskle, frequentative of busk ‘prepare’, from Old Norse.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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