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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A bustle; a busy stir.

   "the bustlings of waiters in the crowded restaurant"

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of bustle form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   Busy; full of energy and noisy activity.

   "bustling marketplace"

Adjective

1. 1
   full of energetic and noisy activity wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

activeagitatedaliveastirbriskbusy

Antonyms

All antonyms

dead

Example

More examples

"The street was bustling with shoppers."

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