- bustling
- adjective see bustle I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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. [1913 Webster] || … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bustling — index rapid Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
bustling — bus|tling [ˈbʌsəlıŋ] adj a bustling place is very busy bustling with sb/sth ▪ The flower market was bustling with shoppers … Dictionary of contemporary English
bustling — bus|tling [ bʌslıŋ ] adjective a bustling place is full of noise and activity and is usually pleasant and interesting: the bustling south end of the Las Vegas Strip a bustling city/market/street … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Bustling — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bustling — adj. Bustling is used with these nouns: ↑city, ↑port, ↑resort, ↑street … Collocations dictionary
bustling — adjective a bustling place is very busy … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bustling — adjective the mall is bustling with holiday shoppers Syn: busy, crowded, swarming, teeming, thronged; buzzing, abuzz, buzzy, hectic, lively Ant: deserted … Thesaurus of popular words
bustling — UK [ˈbʌs(ə)lɪŋ] / US adjective a bustling place is full of noise and activity and is usually pleasant and interesting … English dictionary
bustling — [ˈbʌs(ə)lɪŋ] adj full of noise and activity a bustling city/market/street[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
bustling — Ⅰ. bustle [1] ► VERB 1) move energetically or noisily. 2) (of a place) be full of activity. ► NOUN ▪ excited activity and movement. DERIVATIVES bustling adjective. O … English terms dictionary