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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bustling \Bus"tling\ (b[u^]s"sl[i^]ng), a. Agitated; noisy; tumultuous; characterized by confused activity; as a bustling crowd. ``A bustling wharf.'' --Hawthorne. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bustle \Bus"tle\ (b[u^]s"s'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bustled} (-s'ld); p. pr & vb.n. {Bustling} (-sl[i^]ng).] [Cf. OE buskle, perh. fr AS bysig busy, bysg-ian to busy + the verbal termination -le; or Icel. bustla to splash, bustle.] To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as to bustle through a crowd. And leave the world for me to bustle in --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bustling adj : full of energetic and noisy activity; "a bustling city"
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