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Bustle
bustle
(bustles, bustling, bustled) 1. If someone bustles somewhere, they move there in a hurried way, often because they are very busy. She bustled about, turning on lights, moving pillows around on the sofa. VERB: V prep/adv 2. A place that is bustling with people or activity is full of people who are very busy or lively. The sidewalks are bustling with people... The main attraction was the bustling market. VERB: V with n, V-ing 3. Bustle is busy, noisy activity. ...the hustle and bustle of modern life... N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n
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I. intransitive verb (~d; bustling) Etymology: probably alteration of obsolete buskle to prepare, frequentative of busk, from Old Norse buask to prepare oneself Date: 1580 1. to move briskly and often ostentatiously 2. to be busily astir ; teem • bustling adjective • bustlingly adverb II. noun Date: 1621 noisy, energetic, and often obtrusive activity the hustle and ~ of the big city III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1786 a pad or framework expanding and supporting the fullness and drapery of the back of a woman's skirt or dress; also the drapery so supported BUSTLINE noun Date: 1915 1. an arbitrary line encircling the fullest part of the bust 2. body circumference at the bust ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. v. & n. --v. 1 intr. (often foll. by about) a work etc. showily, energetically, and officiously. b hasten (bustled about the kitchen banging saucepans). 2 tr. make (a person) hurry or work hard (bustled him into his overcoat). 3 intr. (as bustling adj.) colloq. full of activity. --n. excited activity; a fuss. Derivatives bustler n. Etymology: perh. f. buskle frequent. of busk prepare 2. n. hist. a pad or frame worn under a skirt and puffing it out behind. Etymology: 18th c.: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. суматоха, суета, шумиха the town was in a bustle —- город бурлил the usual railway bustle —- обычная предотъездная суета 2. суетиться, спешить (также bustle about, bustle up) we bustle and he works —- мы только суетимся, а он работает 3. будоражить, подгонять, торопить to bustle people out of the house —- быстро выпроводить всех из дома 4. турнюр ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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about суетиться I remember my grandmother always bustling about in the kitchen. BUSTLE I 1. noun суматоха, суета Syn: see activity 2. v. 1) торопить(ся) to bustle through a crowd - пробиваться сквозь толпу 2) суетиться 3. interj. живее! II noun турнюр BUSTLE up торопить(ся) Bustle up, you children, we must be leaving! Cant you bustle those children up? Its time we were leaving. ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 v to move around quickly, looking very busy + about/round etc (Madge bustled round the room putting things away.) ~2 n 1 busy and usually noisy activity + of (a continual bustle of people coming and going) (- see also hustle and bustle hustle2 (1)) 2 a frame worn by women in the past to hold out the back of their skirts bustling ~ adj a bustling place is very busy ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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