bustles

noun

  1. 1

    An excited activity; a stir.

  2. 2

    A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.

  3. 3

    A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.

verb

  1. 1

    To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).

    The commuters bustled about inside the train station.
  2. 2

    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.

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