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# bustle

noun (bustle, uncountable; a bustle, bustles for the dress part); verb (bustle, bustles, bustled, bustling)

«bustle» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (noun) Busy, noisy activity with lots of people moving about: the hustle and bustle of the city. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bustle/#m1)
2. (verb) To move around quickly and busily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bustle/#m2)
3. (history) A pad or frame worn under the back of a long skirt in the 1800s to make it puff out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bustle/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories, a busy market or a station is full of bustle; a mum or a cook «bustles about» the kitchen. In history lessons on Victorian clothes, women wore bustles. Phrase: hustle and bustle.

### Examples

- I love the hustle and bustle of the market. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bustle/#x1)
- Grandma bustled about the kitchen making tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bustle/#x2)
- Nurses bustled in and out of the ward. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bustle/#x3)
- Victorian ladies wore bustles under their dresses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bustle/#x4)
- The town was bustling with tourists. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bustle/#x5)
- The station was full of bustle at rush hour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bustle/#x6)
- This was long before daybreak; and then they bustled away as quick as lightning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bustle/#x7)

### Note

The «t» is silent: BUSS-ul. Adjective: bustling (a bustling town).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bustle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bustle/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bustle» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bustle.html) on Mova free.