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Bustling \Bus"tling\ (b[u^]s"sl[i^]ng), a.
Agitated; noisy; tumultuous; characterized by confused
activity; as, a bustling crowd. "A bustling wharf."
--Hawthorne.
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Bustle \Bus"tle\ (b[u^]s"s'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Bustled}
(-s'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bustling} (-sl[i^]ng).] [Cf. OE.
buskle, perh. fr. AS. bysig busy, bysg-ian to busy the
verbal termination -le; or Icel. bustla to splash, bustle.]
To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to
cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a
crowd.
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And leave the world for me to bustle in. --Shak.
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