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   bustle

   /ˈbʌsl/

   verb

   • 1. move in an energetic and busy manner: "people clutching clipboards bustled about" Similar rushdashscurryscuttlescamperscrambleflutterfusshurryhastenmake hasteracerunsprinttearshootchargechasecareerscutterinformal:scootbeetlewhizzbuzzharezoomzipOpposite amble
   • ▪ cause to move hurriedly in a particular direction: "she bustled us into the kitchen" Similar hustlebundlesweeppushhurryrushwhiskwhip
   • ▪ (of a place) be full of activity: "the streets bustled with people"

   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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