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bustle
bustle is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 11 · 6 senses
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- 1intransitive verb
To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.
- 2noun
Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.
- 3noun
A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournure.
- 4noun
a rapid active commotion
- 5noun
a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt
- 6verb
move or cause to move energetically or busily
"The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"
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