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

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.
2. noun. Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.
3. noun. 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.
4. noun. a rapid active commotion

   Synonyms: ado, flurry, fuss, hustle, stir

5. noun. a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt
6. verb. move or cause to move energetically or busily

   "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"

   Synonyms: hustle

Synonyms

ado, flurry, fuss, hustle, stir

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in bustle:

bluest, bluets, butles, sublet, subtle

Common word forms

bustled, bustler, bustles, bustling

Words from these letters

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