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Definition bustle

Etymology

From Middle English bustlen, bustelen, bostlen, perhaps an alteration of *busklen (> Modern English buskle), a frequentative of busken (“to prepare; make ready”), from Old Norse búask (“to prepare oneself”); or alternatively from a frequentative form of Middle English busten, bisten (“to buffet; pummel; dash; beat”) +‎ -le. Compare also Icelandic bustla (“to splash; bustle”).

Noun

bustle (plural bustles)

  1. An excited activity; a stir.
  2. (computing) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
  3. (historical) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt, typically only protruding from the rear as opposed to the earlier more circular hoops.

Verb

bustle (third-person singular simple present bustles, present participle bustling, simple past and past participle bustled)

  1. To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).
  2. To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing).

Results 468 Words with the letters BUSTLE

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BLUEST 11
BLUETS 11
BUSTLE 11
BUTLES 11
SUBLET 11
SUBTLE 11
5 letter words with the letters BUSTLE 
BLUES 10
BLUET 10
BUTLE 10
LUBES 10
4 letter words with the letters BUSTLE 
BELS 8
BELT 8
BEST 7
BETS 7
BLET 8
BLUE 9
BUST 8
BUTE 8
BUTS 8
LEST 5
LETS 5
LUBE 9
LUES 6
LUST 6
LUTE 6
SLUB 9
SLUE 6
STUB 8
SUET 5
TELS 5
TUBE 8
TUBS 8
TULE 6
UTES 5
3 letter words with the letters BUSTLE 
BEL 7
BET 6
BUS 7
BUT 7
ELS 4
LET 4
LEU 5
SEL 4
SET 3
SUB 7
SUE 4
TEL 4
TUB 7
USE 4
UTE 4
UTS 4
2 letter words with the letters BUSTLE 
BE 5
EL 3
ES 2
ET 2
US 3
UT 3

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