Definition of bustle
- v. i. - To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way
to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.
- n. - Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.
- n. - 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.
- v. i. - To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way
to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.
- n. - Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.
- n. - 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.