Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - bustle
Bustle
bustle
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.
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I. intransitive verb (~d; bustling) Etymology: probably alteration of obsolete buskle to prepare, frequentative of busk, from Old Norse būask to prepare oneself Date: 1580 to move briskly and often ostentatiously, to be busily astir ; teem, bustling adjective bustlingly adverb II. noun Date: 1621 noisy, energetic, and often obtrusive activity , 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 ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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