Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Moving actively with noise or agitation; briskly active or stirring: as, “a busy, bustling time,”

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Agitated; noisy; tumultuous; characterized by confused activity.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb Present participle of bustle.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective full of energetic and noisy activity

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word bustling.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.