Definizione monolingua

bustle

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).
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.6:

     I was once so mad to bussell abroad, and seek about for preferment [...].

   The commuters bustled about inside the train station.

2. To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing). See also bustle with.

   The train station was bustling with commuters.

bustle (plural bustles)

1. An excited activity; a stir.
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.

     we are, perhaps, all the while flattering our natural indolence, which, hating the bustle of the world, and drudgery of business seeks a pretence of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence

2. (computing) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.
3. (obsolete) A frame worn underneath a womans skirt.

Definizione dizionario bustle

affaccendamento

attività

brusio

movimento

tournure

trambusto

tramestio

Altri significati:

To move busily and energetically

(obsolete) A frame worn underneath a woman's skirt.

To teem or abound (usually followed by with); to exhibit an energetic and active abundance (of a thing). See also bustle with.

To teem or abound (with)

An excited activity; a stir

An excited activity; a stir.

(computing) A cover to protect and hide the back panel of a computer or other office machine.

To move busily and energetically with fussiness (often followed by about).